ULFA-SOVEREIGNTY 2 LST

Indian Home Minister P Chidambaram had said in Indian
Parliament that talks with the ULFA would be held only if the
demand for "sovereignty" was not raised and the outfit abjured
violence.

Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi had also echoed a
similar view.
Initially ULFA had three demands -- Assam's
"sovereignty", mediation of a third country and involvement of
the United Nations.
The outfit later gave up the last two demands but
stuck to the issue of "sovereignty".
The ULFA stand on 'no talk without sovereignty issue'
has other takers including three jailed militant leaders--Vice
Chairman Pradip Gogoi, 'Publicity Secretary' Mithinga Daimary
and 'Cultural Secretary' Pranati Deka.
Human Rights activist Lachit Bordoloi said it was
deplorable that Rajkhowa had been brought to the court with
handcuffs. "This treatment had made it clear the government
was not interested in talks," he claimed. PTI DG
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