By Arijit Sen
STEPS TOWARD PEACE? After years in jail, ULFA leaders now are being freed.
Guwahati, Feb 27 : After years in jail, ULFA leaders now are being freed. ULFA leaders Mithinga Daimary, who was arrested in Bhutan in 2003, and Pradip Gogoi, who was arrested in Kolkata in April 1998, have got bail in all the TADA cases against them.
"If other leaders are released from jail, only then talks might move," said Central Publicity Secretary of ULFA Mithinga Daimray.
The release follows ULFA chairman Arabinda Rajkhowa's statement that talks and handcuffs don't go together. But most of the top brass of the ULFA are still in prison.
This includes Rajkhowa, Deputy Commander-in-Chief Raju Baruah, Cultural Secretary Pranati Deka, Foreign Secretary Sasadhar Chowdhury, Finance Secretary Chitrabon Hazarika and political advisor Bhimkanta Borgohain.
These people are part of the Central Committee of the ULFA.
"If everyone is in jail together, we are looking for a political solution," said Prabal Neog.
However, Commander-in-chief Paresh Barua, who is supposed to be in the Myanmar-China border is still sticking to his stand that sovereignty must be a pre-condition for talks. Cadres of ULFA are still underground and are adopting a wait-and-watch policy. Even as the Home Ministry and Assam government prepare the ground for talks.
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