[Assam] India should have no worry then to proceed for a sovereignty restoration plebiscite of international standard conducted under the auspices of the United Nations! Come on India, GO FOR IT!

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Assam: Over 95% reject ULFA's sovereignty demand





















Assam: Over 95% reject ULFA's sovereignty demand

PTI | January 05, 2007 | 17:46 IST





http://www.rediff.com/news/2007/jan/05ulfa.htm





Over 95 per cent of people in nine districts of Assam have rejected the
banned United Liberation Front of Asom's demand for sovereignty for the
state, a referendum conducted by a forum of kin of the militants has
revealed.



The referendum conducted in nine of the state's 27 districts by Assam Public
Works, a body formed by relatives of ULFA members, indicated that a majority
of people were not in favour of the group's demand for a sovereign Assam.



Releasing the findings at a meeting in Guwahati on Friday, APW's secretary
general Abhijeet Sarma said only about 5 per cent of the people surveyed
supported the ULFA demand.



ULFA's insistence on making sovereignty the core issue for any talks with
the government is one of the reasons that has stalled the peace process in
Assam. The Centre has rejected the demand.



Sarma said the study was conducted in the districts of Bongaigaon, Goalpara,
Guwahati (metro), Dhubri, Darrang, Sonitpur, Lakhimpur, Dhemaji and Nalbari
during the first phase. Other districts will be covered in the second phase
to be launched soon.



More than 1,800 members of APW fanned out across nine districts with
questionnaires that were distributed for people to give their views.
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