ULFA-I Refrained From Calling For Bandh On Republic Day
ULFA-I refrained from calling for bandh on Republic Day, Assam Chief Minister welcomed the organization’s decision.
The situation in India is getting worse day by day due to the Corona epidemic. The virus outbreak has once again reached its peak.
In view of such a situation, the Republic Day celebrations of the country will be celebrated under Covid restrictions.
Paresh Baruah-led ULFA-I has refrained from calling a bandh during the Republic Day celebrations. Let us tell you that this has happened for the first time in 20 years.
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has welcomed this decision openly. He said such steps would prompt a formal discussion between the organization and the government in the future.
Assam Chief Minister called the decision an important step.
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has welcomed Paresh Baruah-led United Liberation Front of Assam-Independent’s decision to abstain from strike and boycott at the Republic Day celebrations.
Appreciating this move of the organization, he expressed hope that in the future such a step can lead to formal talks between ULFA-I and the Central Government.
Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma.
Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, while interacting with the media on Sunday, said, ‘The decision of ULFA-I chief Paresh Barua is a welcome step.
Such confidence-building measures will facilitate formal discussions between the government and the organization in the future.
ULFA-I announced.
ULFA-I announced in a statement on Saturday night that it has refrained from calling off or boycotting this year’s Republic Day celebrations in view of the COVID-19 pandemic situation.
In a three-page statement in the Assamese language, the militant outfit criticized the government for the continuation of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act, 1958 (AFSPA) in various northeastern states and the killing of 14 people in Nagaland by security forces on December 4 and 5.
The Assam chief minister had earlier appealed to the ULFA-I not to call for a bandh on Republic Day and said he has requested the central government to expedite peace talks with the outfit.
On May 10 last year after Sarma took over as chief minister, Paresh Barua had urged him to come forward for peace talks and put an end to the 42-year-old insurgency.
The ULFA-I had responded favorably and announced a unilateral ceasefire in May last year and extended it thrice so far.
The Assam Chief Minister had earlier said that he (by Union Home Minister Amit Shah) has been given the full responsibility of initiating preliminary talks with the ULFA-I.
At present, backchannel talks are going on between the Assam government and ULFA-I.
