PCG decries Centre-State's "extra reaction" to recent carnage

Guwahati, Jan 12 (UNI) The Peoples Consultative Group (PCG) formed by the ULFA to carry out the peace process, today said the Centre and the State had shown ''extra reaction'' to the recent carnage in Asom.

PCG member Hiranya Saikia in a press conference today said that such massacre and deaths had taken place earlier also, but the Centre only reacted when the Hindi speaking people were killed.

''Thousands of Assamese people were killed, arrested or maimed by the state machinery and the Centre and the state Governments never show such reaction. But when the Hindi speaking were killed, political leaders from Delhi are making a beeline to the state which only reconfirm that we Assamese are second class citizens,'' he said.

He added over the years more than 10,000 people have lost their lives in Asom but the Centre never reacted in such a way. ''Today a war has been thrust upon Asom and more people will be killed,'' he said.

The PCG has temporarily withdrawn itself from the peace process but they will sit tonight for a fresh round of negotiations, he said.

UNI