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Assam militants accuse India of double standards on peace talks

IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency

New Delhi, Sept 26, IRNA
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India's Northeast separatist group United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA) has blamed the Center of adopting double standards on the issue of talks and accused Prime Minister Manmohan Singh of launching a 'false propaganda' against ULFA.

The central government by showing 'false interest in talks with ULFA managed to hold polls in Assam and then again staged a drama by suspending operations against us to ensure peaceful celebration of Independence Day', PTI reported here quoting ULFA chairman Arabinda Rajkhowa said in a statement e-mailed to the local media in Guwahati last night.

The prime minister himself launched a false propaganda against the ULFA at the Congress chief minister's conclave when he said that a section of the ULFA wanted talks while another did not want it, he said.

"The government was trying to create division among the ULFA members and put the blame of Army operations on the outfit," Rajkhowa said.

The government first declared a unilateral suspension of operations for a period of ten days and extended it to ensure peaceful celebration of Independence but has now 'again resumed its atrocities on the people of Assam'.

"The ULFA does not want ceasefire but wants an end to the conflict. On the one hand, the Center announces ceasefire but on the other hand, imposes pre-conditions for the ULFA which are not acceptable and people of Assam have also realized the double standards of the government," he added.

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