ULFA talks today,victims demand justice

The Forum which had held its first convention in Sivasagar this July,had also written to the President,Vice-President,Prime Minister,Chief Justice and other eminent persons asking them to expedite the process of justice for the victims of the violence. “Of them,the Vice-President had written a letter to the Chief Secretary of Assam on September 14 to take necessary action on the basis of our demands. But we have not heard anything from the Assam government on this issue,” Phukan,whose father was killed by militants in Lakhimpur in the 1990s,said.

The FTVFA at a press conference held on Monday,said it had strongly opposed the release of top leaders of different militant groups in the name of peace talks.

“We had opposed the release of ULFA chairman Arabinda Rajkhowa last year. Similarly we have also opposed the proposed release of NDFB chief Ranjan Daimary. Why release them,punish them under the laws of the land,” said Daisymoni Choudhury,a member of the Forum,who had also lost a kin in militant violence.

The Forum also came down heavily on a section of the “so-called intellectuals of the state,who on one hand take part in condemning violence and on the other,felicitate militant leaders released from jail”