The meeting of top free ULFA leaders adopted three resolutions with the most important being to dub the central executive and general council meeting held under the chairmanship of Arabinda Rajkhowa as 'violative' of the outfit's 'constitution'.
The division within the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) ranks has come to the fore with the banned outfit's faction led by 'commander-in-Chief' Paresh Barua rejecting the decision taken by some leaders to hold talks with the government, saying it violates the outfit's 'constitution'.
In an e-mail sent by the faction to PTI, the outfit's 'publicity in-charge' Arunodoy Dohotia said a meeting of top free ULFA leaders led by Barua was held on February 5 and 6 following the announcement by outfit's 'vice-chairman' Pradip Gogoi, 'foreign secretary' Sasha Choudhury and 'publicity secretary' Mithinga Daimary to hold unconditional talks with the government.
The meeting, also attended by central executive member Jibon Moran, adopted three resolutions with the most important being to dub the central executive and general council meeting held under the chairmanship of Arabinda Rajkhowa as "violative" of the outfit's 'constitution'.
"The chairman and other central executive members were arrested and (are) under the control of government agencies and as such both the meetings and the decisions taken there-in violate the outfit's constitution", the statement said.
The second resolution adopted at the meeting urged the people of Assam to oppose the decision to hold talks as it "also went against the basic objectives, policies and principles of the ULFA".
The third resolution refers to publicity secretary Mithinga Daimary's statement on Saturday that there was no post of publicity in-charge and that Dohotia was not authorised to make a statement on behalf of the outfit and affirms that Dohotia was appointed according to the constitution of the outfit on September 23, 2010.
Home secretary GK Pillai will chair the first round of the much-awaited talks with the ULFA while home minister P Chidambaram may have an introductory meeting with the leadership of the banned group during the February 10 meeting.
Centre's interlocutor PC Haldar has said that the proposed meeting in Delhi will be a familiarisation exercise for both sides to know each other's view before the formal dialogue process.
Baruah is believed to be in Myanmar where ULFA reportedly operates armed training camps.
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