For the first time in its 31- year-long struggle, the banned ULFA will hold face-to-face unconditional talks with the Centre today in an attempt to usher in peace in insurgency-hit Assam. An eight-member ULFA delegation led by its 'chairman' Arabinda Rajkhowa will sit for negotiations with Union Home Secretary G K Pillai in New Delhi. Sources in the home ministry said that before meeting Pillai, the ULFA leaders will have an introductory meeting with Home Minister P Chidambaram. They are also likely to meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on February 13 after his return from Kerala. The group will begin formal dialogue with Centre's interlocutor P C Haldar after the meeting. On February 5, the ULFA announced that it will sit for unconditional talks with the Centre respecting the wishes of the people of Assam.