Formal talks with ULFA likely to begin in June; Bru refugees return; Chidambaram to visit Mizoram; Former KNLF cadre alleged KNO/KNA of sheltering non SoO outfits; Delhi police nabs top KCP (MC leader from Bangalore
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    • Reports noted that with the Congress retaining power in Assam, the nascent peace process in the State has received a fresh boost and formal talks between the government and the ULFA are likely to begin in June. A senior ULFA leader said that the formal talks between the ULFA and the government will begin in the first week of June. At present, the ULFA is studying the Sanmilita Jatiya Abhibartan (SJA) proposals with regard to the peace talks. The Centre is also arranging a meeting between a top leader of the pro-talk faction of the ULFA and the outfit’s general secretary Anup Chetia, currently lodged in a jail in Bangladesh, ostensibly to get his consent for the dialogue.1

    According to official reports, at least 3,341 Bru refugees belonging to 643 families have returned to Mizoram from relief camps in Tripura since November last year. Meanwhile, Union Home Minister P Chidambaram is scheduled to visit Mizoram on May 18 to oversee progress of the repatriation process. During his earlier visit to Mizoram last year Chidambaram had urged Bru leaders to ensure that all the refugees return to Mizoram before the end of the year and his ministry later announced that all the six relief camps in North Tripura would be closed by March 2011 and all the facilities provided to them including free ration would be withdrawn simultaneously.2

    In another development, a former cadre of the Kuki National Liberation Front (Kuki People’s Army) who defected to the United Kuki Liberation Front today has alleged that KNO/KNA a signatory party of the Suspension of Operation with the government has been sheltering the KNLF which is not a signatory party of the SoO. The former KNLF has also alleged that KNLF has been working against the unity of the Kuki community.3

    In other developments, a self-styled commander-in-chief of banned Manipuri outfit Kangleipak Communist Party (MC) was arrested from Bangalore by a Delhi Police team. Nangthanbam Anand alias Malengamba (36) was apprehended from Bangalore on 5th May following investigations into the seizure of 200 kg ephedirine worth Rs two crore from an alleged KCP (MC) militant on 1st April. Anand was allegedly involved in the throwing of bombs into Imphal Raj Bhavan in 2008.4

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