The United Liberation Front of Asom says it will respond to a political solution if the Centre approaches it through the Peoples’ Consultative Group.
GUWAHATI: A little over a week after the Centre withdrew a truce with the ULFA and the People's Consultative Group nominated by the group quit the peace process, the outfit on Tuesday said it was still open to finding a "political solution" to the insurgency in Assam.
In the latest issue of its mouthpiece Freedom, the ULFA said it was "still hopeful of a political solution and it would respond to any such efforts initiated by the Centre through the PCG".
The outfit expressed confidence that the PCG would work for bringing about a "political solution".
On September 24, the Centre withdrew its ceasefire with the ULFA and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said the outlawed group would have to fulfill certain conditions before direct talks were held.
His remarks were a reference to the written commitment sought by the Centre from the ULFA about joining direct talks.
On September 27, the PCG pulled out of the peace process and accused the Centre of backtracking on its commitments.
PCG spokesman Arup Borbora had then alleged that the government was making "ridiculous" demands, including asking "for a letter from the ULFA after three rounds of talks" when no such demand was made during parleys with the PCG.
The ULFA mouthpiece accused the Centre of "lack of sincerity" in carrying forward the peace process.
Meanwhile, the National Democratic Front of Bodoland, currently observing a ceasefire, has held the "government responsible for the humiliation of the Bodo people and delaying the peace process".
In a message on the occasion of the group's 20th foundation day on Tuesday, NDFB chairman Ranjan Daimary alleged the government was "neglecting the genuine demands of the outfit which was an insult to the liberation movement of the Bodo people".
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