Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma stated on January 1 that he could not make concessions on the dispute over sovereignty between the state administration and the ULFA (I).
On the first day of the New Year in 2023, NOTUN DINOR AALAP at Koinadhora in Guwahati, he made this statement while speaking with editors and senior journalists of newspapers, TV channels, and digital platforms.
”The channel of communication with the United Liberation Front of Asom Commander-in-Chief Paresh Baruah is not an issue. The bone of contention is the sovereignty issue with which can’t compromise,” the Assam CM added.
He also mentioned how much of a peaceful environment would have been established in society if weapons and ammunition had disappeared.
Sarma stated that the security forces had recovered the most weapons in the history of the state when speaking about the recovery of weapons and ammunition.
”Even during the peak of ULFA-I, we were unable to recover so many arms. All this has been possible due to the silent operations, silent actions initiated by the security personnel,” he added.
He added that several insurgent groups had surrendered 1179 weapons in total and that 7,229 cadres had already turned themselves in.
Speaking of jihadi activities, he claimed that the Assam Police regularly conducts operations against them in the state.
”Assam Police under the leadership of DGP Bhaskar Jyoti Mahanta has been actively working with the Muslim community of Assam to rationalize the madrassa education and cracking jihadi module in the state,” Sarma avowed.
“2022 has been very important for us as we cracked several modules of the Jihadi’s and arrested many individuals from different parts of the state,” he added. He said that the Muslim communities have given the administration their full support in the fight against jihadist activity