Guwahati: A little over a week after the Centre withdrew a truce with the ULFA and the People's Consultative Group nominated by the group quit the peace process, the outfit on Tuesday said it was still open to finding a "political solution" to the insurgency in Assam.
In the latest issue of its mouthpiece Freedom, the ULFA said it was, "Still hopeful of a political solution and it would respond to any such efforts initiated by the Centre through the PCG". The outfit expressed confidence that the PCG would work for bringing about a "political solution".
On September 24, the Centre withdrew its ceasefire with the ULFA and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said the outlawed group would have to fulfill certain conditions before direct talks were held.
His remarks were a reference to the written commitment sought by the Centre from the ULFA about joining direct talks. On September 27, the PCG pulled out of the peace process and accused the Centre of backtracking on its commitments.
PCG spokesman Arup Borbora had then alleged that the government was making "ridiculous" demands, including asking "for a letter from the ULFA after three rounds of talks" when no such demand was made during parleys with the PCG.
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