Pro-talks ULFA doubtful over Centre’s ‘sincerity’ towards peace parleys

The pro-talks faction of ULFA has expressed doubts over the Centre’s “sincerity” in taking forward the decade-long peace parleys with it, claiming that no dialogue has been held in the last two years and there was no government interlocutor at present to take the process forward.

The faction alleged that there has been “not much progress” in the peace talks with it since the Narendra Modi government came to power, though the negotiations had reached the final stages during former prime minister Manmohan Singh’s tenure.

It also maintained that the hardliner ULFA(I) chief Paresh Barua is unlikely to come forward for negotiations until the parleys with the pro-talks faction are completed.
The allegations come at a time when Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma is trying to bring Barua to the negotiating table for a settlement with all factions of the group.