ULFA should approach Assam Govt for talks: Governor

Assam Governor Ajai Singh has cautioned that the talks offers by different militant outfits could be a ploy to regroup themselves.

ULFA should approach the Assam government and not the media for initiating peace talks, state Governor Lt Gen (Retd) Ajai Singh said on Saturday, while cautioning that the talks offers by different militant outfits could be a ploy to regroup themselves.

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"No ULFA cadre contacted me. I come to know through the media that they have contacted a writer in Guwahati... But ULFA should take initiative to approach the authorities, which is the Assam government," he told reporters here on the sidelines of a golf tournament.

Singh said that he came to know from the media that ULFA commander-in-chief Paresh Barua had contacted newspaper houses in Guwahati about the talks, but had contacted nobody in the government.

The Governor said the fact that more and more militant outfits are coming for dialogues could be an indication of two things.