Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi has appealed the Central Government to make arrangements for involving deported Ulfa general secretary Anup Chetia in the talks for success of the ongoing peace talks.
“The State Government has all along been pursuing with the Centre for repatriation of Ulfa general secretary Anup Chetia and now since he has been repatriated, he should be associated with the ongoing peace talks between the Central Government and the pro-talk faction of Ulfa,” said the Assam Chief Minister on Wednesday.
“UlFA General Secretary Anup Chetia is an important figure in the context of peace talks and State Government believes that he can play a decisive role in the ongoing peace process,” Gogoi said.
Chetia, who had spent 18 years in different Bangladeshi jail since 1997, has been extradited to India on November 11 this year and is in judicial custody now.
Soon after his arrival in New Delhi, the CBI sleuths arrested him and took him in custody over a murder case.
Although Anup Chetia had not stated anything to the media so far, the pro-talk faction leaders of the Ulfa had been claiming that Chetia would participate in the ongoing talk process.
The pro-talk faction of Ulfa leaders, who held a round o discussion with the Central government representatives yesterday in Delhi, appealed the Centre to associate Chetia in the talks.
Chairman of the pro-talk faction of Ulfa leader, Arabinda Rajkhowa said that there will be no political discussion without Ulfa general secretary Anup Chetia’s participation in the talks and that they have appealed the Centre to associate Chetia in the talks.