ULFA menace will not be tolerated : Lalu

Purulia, Jan 13 (UNI) The UPA government at the Centre will not ''tolerate the killing of Hindi-speaking people by the ULFA, said Railway Minister Lalu Prasad here today.

Inaugurating the four-day 5th Adra Utsav, he condemned the extremist attacks in which several Hindi-speaking people were killed by the ULFA.

Mr Prasad warned the extremists about the consequence, and stressed the need for emulating Swami Vivekananda's message of ''Assimilation and brotherhood, but not destruction''.

Meanwhile, Mr Prasad announced projects of Rs 17 crore for the uplift of Eastern and South-eastern Railway's Asansol and Adra divisions respectively.

Mr Basudeb Adharia, MP and chairman of Railway Standing Committee in Parliament, was also present.

UNI