Mamoni resolves to take Asom's unrest issue to all platforms

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Guwahati, Apr 9 (UNI) Chief peace negotiator with the ULFA and noted litterateur Mamoni Raison Goswami today reiterated her resolve of placing the issue of unrest in her state Asom on all platforms.

Talking to reporters here on the sidelines of a press meet, Dr Goswami defended her stance in taking the issue of insurgency and unrest in the state to the SAARC Writers' conference, held in New Delhi recently.

She said, ''I have the right to talk of the state of affairs in Asom at all platforms. I am pained at the situation of unrest and want a peaceful resolution of all disputes.'' The Jnanpith awardee, who had been the chief peace negotiator with the banned United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) during its one-and-half-year peace process which ended unsuccessfully, had come under criticism from few quarters for taking the ULFA issue (peace issue) to the SAARC writers' forum.

Citing the criticism she had faced when she took the initiative to release jailed ULFA 'publicity secretary' Mithinga Daimary's poetry collection in Frankfurt, Dr Goswami said, ''No one can curtail our freedom of expression. The poetry book is just another peaceful and harmless way of expressing the sentiments of the person.'' She said the country was found on strong democratic traditions and these were embedded in the very structure of the society.

''It was the strong democratic roots in the country that ensured that the prime minister himself attended the first meeting between the government and the ULFA-nominated People's Consultative Group (PCG),'' she added.

Meanwhile, the Citizens' Peace Forum, Asom, formed to create an atmosphere for resumption of the peace process, today said that it would submit memorandums to the Central and state governments on the issue soon.

It informed that the draft memorandum had already been prepared and the finalized copy would be released on Wednesday.

UNI

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