Anti talk faction of ULFA criticises Sri Sri Ravishankar

Guwahati, Sep 8: Anti talk faction of United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) today came down heavily on spiritual guru Sri Sri Ravishankar for inviting all insurgent groups for peace talks with the government. “Firstly the independence of sovereign Asom is the birth right of all indigenous people. A few terms you used in your briefing deeply offended our ideologies. First of all word ‘rehabilitation’ is strong word to use against our ideologies and principles. Our arms struggle for a sovereign Assam does not need any form of rehabilitation, demanding our mother land which was forcefully occupied by Indian colonists is not an illness or a crime”, Paresh Barua, vice chairman of the outfits said in an emailed statement. “We have repeatedly shared our concerns about your proposal of peace talks, we released multiple statements stating that we do not want to participate in any forms of peace talks unless the government of India is willing to take the independence of Assam into consideration and practice it in their constitution”, the release added. UNI