ULFA disbands itself after peace agreement, to hand over arms
Arabinda Rajkhowa said that the decision to dissolve and disband was taken on Tuesday.
The outfit has around 700 cadres. The outfit will vacate nine designated camps and arms and ammunition will be handed over to the state government.
«It’s an emotional and sad moment.
We had given birth to the outfit and today due to circumstances we are forced to destroy it. All of us have made a lot of sacrifices and given precious time of their lives to the outfit,” said Anup Chetia, ULFA general secretary.
ULFA suffered a split after several top leaders under its chairman Arbinda Rajkhowa following their arrest in Bangladesh decided to join peace parleys.
Those refusing the peace process rechristened themselves as ULFA (independent). The Paresh Baruah led ULFA faction is a banned organisation and manifested itself with a new name in 2012.
Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma recently ruled out immediate talks with Paresh Baruah led militant outfit United Liberation Front of Asom (Independent) faction.
He said that he is in touch with Baruah.
Sarma said „As the political head of the state, I will continue to reach out to him. I usually talk to him every three or six months and I plan to speak to him again soon, but I don't expect him to come for talks immediately,“ Sarma said during an interaction with journalists here.
He said that it is not easy for Barua to give up the issue of sovereignty, but he must realise that the people of Assam do not want it anymore.
