New Delhi: As Assam grapples with the ethnic violence that has claimed nearly 70 lives in the past week, a mother’s appeal for clam stands out amid other voices.
The mother of the ULFA’s commander-in-chief Paresh Baruah's mother says it’s very important for the Government to begin immediate talks with the banned organisation.
Milliki, who has not seen her son for 27 years, says the solution to Assam's insurgency problem lies in talks and negotiations. "All depends on the government but I feel talks should start immediately," the octogenarian was quoted by PTI as saying.
The fact that she hasn’t seen her son for close to three decades now does not seem to bother Milliki, who lives in the sleepy and the nondescript hamlet of Jeraigaon in Dibrugarh district.
"Perhaps I will not recognise him now. But my first concern is to end the conflict and bring the ULFA to the negotiating table.”
Baruah’s mother also realises that the risk in her son’s “profession” run high and that he could even get killed. "I know Paresh will get killed the moment he comes out but I am not concerned about that. Like me thousands of mothers (of ULFA militants) are crying and that is important," said a teary-eyed Milliki.
Milliki also hold the Central Government responsible for the massacre of migrants since Friday and says she is not sure of ULFA's involvement in the killings. "Why this activity now after the violence? Why are all these ministers and so-called VIPs coming now ?" she asked, condemning the forthcoming visit by NDA leader George Fernandes.
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