A resolution aiming at solving the vexed insurgency problem of the northeast will be passed at the ongoing BJP national executive committee meeting here, party President Nitin Gadkari on Saturday said

Assam BJP is all set to host two-day national executive meeting of the party to be convened in Assam for the first time to finetune its election strategy for the poll-bound states of Assam, West Bengal, Kerala, TN and Puducherry.

Before the euphoria created on ceremonial release of jailed United Liberation Front of Asom (Ulfa) leaders die down, the victims of Ulfa violence has started questioning the government about their rights to justice.

The chairman of the outlawed Ulfa, Arbinda Rajkhowa, on Monday said that they have not surrendered or compromised but want unconditional peace talks for a sustainable solution to the Assam conflict.

Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi here on Saturday said that his government would allow the pro-talk faction of Ulfa to hold public rallies provided they continue to talk on peace.

Arbinda Rajkhowa, chairman of outlawed United Liberation Front of Asom and one of India’s most wanted fugitives, was released from the central jail on Saturday.

A day after Ulfa chairman Arbinda Rajkhowa was granted bail, politics on insurgent groups has started in Assam with the ruling Congress and Opposition Asom Gana Parishad positioning themselves with pro-talk and anti-talk factions of the outfit.

Arabinda Rajkhowa, chairman of the outlawed United Liberation Front of Asam (ULFA), was Saturday released from the Guwahati Central Jail.

The chairman of the outlawed United Liberation Front of Asom, Arbinda Rajkhowa, was granted bail by a Tada court in Assam on Thursday.
The court granted Mr Rajkhowa bail in six Tada cases which were the last hurdle for his formal release from Guwahati Central Jail.

The practice of filmstars entering politics has been in vogue for quite some time but this time Assam elections may be dominated by several film personalities and retired bureaucrats who have already started joining the political parties ahead of the Assembly elections in Assam.