Assam: ULFA seeks referendum

ULFA commander-in-chief Paresh Barua called upon the govt to either hold dialogue on the issue of sovereignty or hold a 'plebiscite' to resolve the three-decade-old 'India-Assam conflict'.

The outlawed United Liberation Front of Assams (ULFA) commander-in-chief Paresh Barua on Friday called upon the government to either hold dialogue on the issue of sovereignty or hold a plebiscite to resolve the three-decade-old India-Assam conflict.

Barua,who e-mailed a statement to newspaper offices here on Friday said the Government of India must hold talks with the ULFA on the issue of sovereignty. The colonial Indian government must hold taks with ULFA on the issues of sovereignty and independence of Assam. There is no alternative to this, he said.

If the Indian govenment is not capable of doing this,then let the freedom-aspiring indigenous people of Assam decide their fate through a plebiscite. The Indian government cannot continue to deprive the sons of the soil in Assam of their birthright (freedom) on the pretext of what is written in the so-called Indian Constitution, he said.

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A team from the British CPS visited Tihar jail to inspect inmate conditions and security, amidst India's efforts to extradite fugitives Vijay Mallya, Nirav Modi, and Sanjay Bhandari from the UK. They discussed setting up a specialized enclosure for high-profile prisoners and addressed concerns about violence within the jail. As of 2024, India has made 178 extradition requests to various countries.

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