Inbred duplicity
http://www.thestatesman.net/page.news.php?clid=3&theme=&usrsess=1&id=122998
Will the real Ulfa stand up?
Assam Police confirmation that the Ulfa's Rs 25-lakh extortion notice on the Guwahati RBI regional director is "genuine" once again exposes the outfit's inbred duplicity vis-a-vis the on-going peace process. Such ugly deeds violate the understanding reached at last month's meeting between the Centre and the Ulfa-appointed People's Consultative Group, that both sides would endeavour to create a conducive atmosphere to pave the way for "direct talks".
Surprisingly, despite Delhi's last offer of "direct talks", Ulfa leaders continue to remain elusive ~ and what is more the outfit wants the Centre to honour its promise and says talks are "almost certain" but only after Delhi concedes its "key" demands that entail the release of five central executive members and information on seven colleagues missing since the December 2003 Royal Bhutan Army crackdown. It even took an Assam tribal minister's son hostage for some days in 2004 in exchange for their release. Ulfa's concern is understandable; it has the moral obligation to let their families know what happened to them. Delhi should clear this confusion. To facilitate talks it has agreed to free five leaders but if the fresh precondition is to determine the future course of talks the charade will spin on even more endlessly. For all the talk about there being a way if there is a will, Ulfa leaders must first free themselves from the clutches of their foreign principles if any progress is to accrue. And where is the real Ulfa, anyway?
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