The outlawed ULFA (Independent) group on Saturday prolonged by one other three months the unilateral ceasefire introduced in May this yr because the COVID-19 pandemic state of affairs in Assam is but to enhance.
ULFA (I) Commander-in-Chief Paresh Barua stated in an announcement to reporters right here that the group had declared a ceasefire on May 15 and determined to chorus from any operation throughout this three-month interval. Because folks have been dealing with difficulties. to pandemic.
“The situation of COVID-19 has not stabilized yet and as our social responsibility, we have extended the ceasefire for another three months and no operation will be conducted during this period,” he stated.
Reacting to the event, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma stated, “This is a really encouraging and constructive announcement. ULFA (I) has additionally not referred to as for any bandh on Independence Day, which was regular earlier. These measures are commendable. I’m hopeful that the ceasefire will grow to be everlasting and the group will return to the mainstream below the management of Paresh Barua.
Since taking on on May 10, the chief minister had urged the group to return ahead on the negotiating desk.
For the primary time in three many years, the ULFA (I) has introduced that it’ll not interact in any “armed protest” or name for a bandh on this Independence Day, which was the norm earlier because of a number of points together with pandemic, border . Conflict, floods, erosion and unemployment in South Asia.
However, the group urged folks to protest the day “democratically” by hoisting the ULFA flag, carrying black badges and strictly following the COVID-19 protocols.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
