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Pro-talk ULFA warns NSCN (IM)

By Staff Correspondent - 15 Sep 2010 12:00 AM GMT

DIBRUGARH, Aug 30 � Pro-talk ULFA faction leader Mrinal Hazarika has warned the NSCN- IM against any attack on Assamese people in the border areas of Assam-Arunachal and Assam-Nagaland.

The pro-talk ULFA leader threatened to resume the road blockade if the attacks on the border people of Assam are not stopped. �We might block all the major link roads to the states (Arunachal and Nagaland) if the situation does not improve,� Mrinal said.

The pro-talk group of the ULFA has taken serious note of the violent inicidents in the border areas. Addressing mediapersons at the Dibrugarh Press Club on Sunday, Hazarika said that the NSCN (IM) was provoking the tribal people in both Arunachal Pradesh and Nagaland to encroach on Assam�s territory. He alleged that the NSCN (IM) has not been following the ground rule of ceasefire unlike other insurgent groups and held the Centre responsible for it.

Hazarika further welcomed the stand taken by the NSCN (K) in the present situation saying that the ULFA always maintained a cordial relation with them. He urged the NSCN (K) leadership to come forward to carry forward the century-old ties between Assamese and Naga people.

Hazarika said that the road blockade on Margherita-Changlang road was lifted keeping in mind the suffering of the Arunachali people. However, he warned that the pro-talk ULFA group along with the Assamese people would initiate strong measures against the states of the perpetrating people in the event of anymore incidents in the border.