The pro-talk faction of ULFA led by Arabinda Rajkhowa today congratulated Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi for leading the Congress to a third consecutive victory in the just concluded assembly polls."We believe the people of Assam has given the mandate in favour of the Congress in the hope of a peaceful negotiated settlement of the long-standing problems of the Assamese people", ULFA chairman Arabinda Rajkhowa said in a statement e-mailed to PTI.Rajkhowa said that like the people of Assam "we also have great hope from the chief minister." We sincerely hope that during the next five years that there is a permanent political settlement of the long-standing issues of the Assamese people," he said.

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