Attacking country’s spiritual leader and founder of Art of living Sri Sri Ravi Shankar for his comment on the outfit, Ulfa commander-in-chief Paresh Baruah alias Paresh Asom has termed the former as an ‘agent of India’ and said that Ulfa faction is not going to sit for peace talks with the Central Government unless the core issues are discussed.
Baruah’s reaction came a day after the spiritual leader told a section of media that Paresh Baruah had not reciprocated to the peace process due to pressure from China.
“There is no question of reciprocating to the peace offer by ‘agent of India’ Ravi Shankar. I want to make it clear that Ulfa does not go by anyone’s edict. We are an Independent liberation front and we act as per our conscience,” the Ulfa chief told a local news channel in Assam.
“We had already made our stand clear to Ravi Shankav in April last year. We have made it clear to him that we are not interested in peace talks unless the agenda is the core issue, (which according to Ulfa
faction is the sovereignty of Assam),” said Baruah while adding that the spiritual leader’s statement is a result of his frustration as he failed to rope in the outfit for his trap for peace talks.
“Our revolution is not for peace as perceived by the spiritual leader. Our revolution is for ascertaining our birth right, we are struggling for freedom of our race. We had informed Ravi Shankar then that our issues are political and only a political solution could solve the problem. The proposal of so called peace talks of Ravi Shankar might interest the dacoits of Chambal and not us,” he said adding that sovereignty is the birth right of the people of Assam.