GUWAHATI, Aug 2 � The jailed leaders of United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) today told Sanmilita Jatiya Abhibartan (SJA) spokesman Dr Hiren Gohain during his visit to the Guwahati Jail that they were not in a position to make any public statement from inside the jail. Dr Gohain said that his visit to the jail here today was purely personal.
Talking to this newspaper, Dr Gohain said that he had been told by the jailed leaders of the militant outfit that scopes were there to misinterpret their public statements from inside the jail as something made under pressure.
Meanwhile, Dr Gohain said that on behalf of the SJA, Dr Rohini Barua has already issued a statement to the effect that both the Government and ULFA need to observe restraint so that preparations for talks between the two sides are not affected.
