The Centre today said that it has not received any formal proposal from rebel United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) for direct talks.
New Delhi, Aug 21 : The Centre today said that it has not received any formal proposal from rebel United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) for direct talks.
Reiterating the Government's stand that it is open to talks with any militant groups, including ULFA, provided they shun violence, Union State Home V Radhika Selvi in a written reply to Lok Sabha said that talks with several militant groups in the North East States have remained inconclusive even after several rounds of discussions.
"Several rounds of tripartite talks with United People's Democratic Solidarity (UPDS), Dima Halam Daogah (DHD) and Achik National Volunteer Council (ANVC) on their Charter of Demands have been held and the talks are inconclusive," she stated.
While a ceasefire agreement is in operation with National Socialist Council of Nagaland (Issac/Muivah) group, a Group of Minister (GoM) has been constituted to hold talks with them, she said adding that the July 31 talks with the rebel group remained inconclusive.
Centre is having a ceasefire agreement with National Socialist Council of Nagaland (Khaplang), UPDS, DHD, National Democratic Front of Boroland (NDFB) and ANVC.
However, both the Khaplang group and NDFB have not submitted any charters of their demands to the Centre.
ANI