Gogoi offers to quit politics if links with ULFA proved

October 7th, 2009 GUWAHATI - In a startling revelation, Prabal Neogi, leader of the powerful separatist group in Assam, has said that the ultras may plan to set up camps in China consequent to their losing bases in Bangladesh and Myanamar. He said this while interacting with the media persons on the sidelines of a symposium on Conflict Management and Transformation of Ethics Nationalist and Societal Conflicts held at Guwahati on Wednesday.

August 27th, 2009 NALBARI - Two United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) militants were killed in an encounter with security forces in Assam's Nalbari district on Thursday. According to official sources, a joint operation was launched by the army and the police at Jarpaluk village since last night where militants took shelter.

August 19th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi Tuesday said his state was faced with serious challenges of insurgency and left wing extremism but the government was ready to fight it by strengthening the police and security forces. Left wing extremism is growing in Assam.

August 18th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi Tuesday said he had no complaints against Syed Sibtey Razi and had no knowledge about the governor being asked to quit following corruption charges against his former aides. I have made it clear that I have no complaints against the governor.

August 18th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Assam Governor Syed Sibtey Razi has been asked to demit office following complaints that his aides and staff allegedly made money for transfers and postings when he was governor of Jharkhand, said highly placed government sources. Razi, who was sworn in as Assam's governor on July 27 and has been apparently camping in Delhi, has reportedly sought more time before putting in his papers, sources told IANS.

August 11th, 2009 GUWAHATI - Modalities are being worked out for suspension of ongoing security operations, even as the Assam Government has agreed to start peace talks with the rebel Dima Halem Daogah (Jewel faction), said Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi. Asserting that the State Government would hold talks on its own terms and conditions, Gogoi, however, clarified that DHD (J) rebels are eager to start the peace process.

July 21st, 2009 GUWAHATI - The United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) separatist group was luring students with money to carry out explosions ahead of Independence Day, say police and army officers in Assam. The ULFA is trapping students from economically weak families and some of them studying in towns and cities away from their homes to indulge in terror strikes...

April 10th, 2009 GUWAHATI - While the United Liberation Front of Assom (ULFA) is today infamous for its militant activities, the pro-talk ULFA cadres are eager to take part in the upcoming 15th Lok Sabha elections. The pro-talk groups of the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) that declared a unilateral ceasefire last year are looking forward to join the electoral process and cast votes.

April 9th, 2009 GUWAHATI - The outlawed United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) was 'joining hands' with opposition parties in Assam to defeat the ruling Congress in the upcoming parliamentary elections, Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi alleged Thursday. 'We have some information about ULFA joining hands with political parties to disturb us...

March 28th, 2009 GUWAHATI - Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Saturday said he had not received any notice from the Election Commission (EC) for his reported statement concerning mobilisation of resources from the industry. "The EC has not given me any notice till now.

March 11th, 2009 GUWAHATI - Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi has termed the tie-up between the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ahead of general elections as an alliance of two 'betrayers'. 'The two (AGP and BJP) betrayers have come together and so the task for us this time has become easy.

February 9th, 2009 GUWAHATI - The leader of a pro-talk faction of the outlawed United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) Tuesday accused politicians of hobnobbing with the outfit and alleged that political parties in Assam have been using the insurgency issue to its advantage in all elections since 1991. 'Since the 1991 elections, political parties have used the ULFA issue either negatively or positively for political gains.

February 1st, 2009 GUWAHATI - Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi Monday said there are about 300 cadres of the outlawed United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) and the National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) in 15 camps located in Bangladesh. 'The ULFA and the NDFB based in Bangladesh are getting support from local groups and organisations like HuJI (Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami) and we want Dhaka to launch a flush out drive to uproot their bases,' the chief minister told journalists here.

January 28th, 2009 GUWAHATI - Two policemen and a separatist guerilla were killed and a six-year-old child injured in a gun battle between security forces and militants in Assam Thursday, officials said. A police spokesman said the gun battle took place between a group of militants belonging to the outlawed United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) and a joint team of the police and the army near village Sapekheti in Sibsagar district, about 390 km east of Assam's main city of Guwahati.

January 9th, 2009 GUWAHATI - Two rebels were gunned down in separate shootouts with security forces and six apprehended in raids by police Saturday in Assam, a day after a powerful explosion in the state's principal city killed three people and wounded 10, officials said. A police spokesman said two militants of the outlawed United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) were killed in separate shootouts.