Skip to content Skip to navigation

Former rebels threaten to resume armed conflict

Protest in Nagaon onThursday. Photo by UB Photos.
Protest in Nagaon onThursday. Photo by UB Photos.

 A huge crowd in Nagaon on Friday warned of a fierce armed struggle to counter the attack on the indigenous people by s section of the outsiders.


Speakers after speakers in the massive meetings of thr former ULFA rebels strongly advocated a full circle armed struggle to ensure the rights of the indigenous people over the state’s resources.

ULFA chairman Arabinda Rajkhowa said that the need of the hour is an armed struggle to restore the rights of the indigenous lots in Assam.

“We are running out of the patience. Why our patience is being tested again and again?. The consequence would be dire. Then nobody can blame us.”

Former ULFA leader Jiten Dutta and others also left fiery speeches' reiterating a dire consequence of yet another attempt to sabotage the indigenous people. They said armed struggle is the need of the hours at least to restrict a section of the outsiders.

From early in the morning many former ULFA rebels and civil society organizations thronged in thousand to send a strong message to the outsiders not to dominate the indigenous people.

Add new comment

Random Stories

NRC verification process underway in BTAD

6 Dec 2017 - 7:17pm | AT News
Kokrajhar: Only a few days are left to publish the NRC draft. The government and contractual employees deployed in the statewide operation have stepped up the verification process in BTAD areas along...

Petrol pump looted

14 Jun 2016 - 10:51pm | AT Kokrajhar Bureau
Unidentified miscreantslooted Rs 3.74 lakhs from NRL Oil Depot in Kokrajhar on Monday evening. The money, collected from the selling petrol and desiel was kept in the locker at the pump station. The...

AGP fields BK Nath in Silchar

23 Mar 2014 - 9:03am | AT News
Its final. AGP has fielded Bijay Krishna Nath in Silchar. That too minutes after the AIUDF leader joined the regional on Saturday night.Nath, the owner of a Bangla daily joined AGO at a brief...

Protest over rape and murder at Margherita

2 Sep 2015 - 12:24pm | Mithun Baruah
Margherita on Wednesday witnessed a huge protest in front of SDO office by Margherita College Students Union, National Student Union of India (NSUI), Chaatra Mukti Sangram Samity, All Asam Hindu...

Other Contents by Author

The additional chief engineer of state PWD department had a narrow escape as the Alto car ( AS 01 DF 9185 ) he was driving turned turtle after hitting into divider on NH 37 near Raha chariali on Thursday noon. The locals immediately reached the spot and the victim was taken out of the car safely. According to police, the PWD engineer on his way to Nagaon from Guwahati, lost control of his car and hit into the divider, before turning turtle. Fortunately, Mazumdar received minor injuries.
A 70-year-old man and his wife was allegedly beaten and forced to consume  human faeces ,  urine after the villagers suspected them to be witch. The incident happened at Madhya Tupakuchi village , 1 km from Raha Town , on Tuseday afternoon. The 70 year old Tulen Patar  was accused by the villagers of being a witch and alleged that it was due to his presence that many people in the village were falling ill. “The villagers forced Tulen Patar, a daily wage earner, out of his house around noon on Tuesday , took him  to a field near his house  and started beating him along with his wife . Apart from the inhuman torture meted out to them, they were also made bound to...
Sensation prevails here at Raha on Monday after a 30-year-old woman allegedly poisoned her two children before attempting suicide at her residence in Bamunia Gaon at Raha on Sunday night. According to police, the 30 year old mother , identified as Sadhani Das poisoned her children, Ratan ( 7 ) and Rupamoni ( 5 ), before consuming it herself. Her husband,  Ranjit Das, a security guard, has been working in Hydarabad for the past  2 years . According to  neighbours , On Monday morning, when they did not see anyone of the members of Sadhani Das woke up, they went to her house to give them a call , they found the door locked from inside. As there was no response to their...
The Raha unit of All Assam Students' Union ( AASU ) on Tuesday condemned the Silapathar incident and demanded the arrest of culprits immediately. The AASU unit also threatened to launch an agitation if the culprits are not apprehended soon. Talking to Assam Times, AASU Raha unit president Sanjoy Kakati said, " We will not allow to provide citizenship to the Hindu Bangladeshis. Assam had already taken more burden of Bangladeshis up to 1971. So there have no question for taking more burden,” . He further appealed all to maintain peace.On the other hand, several organizations of Raha including All Tiwa Students' Union ( ATSU ), Raha unit condemned the attack on the AASU office at...
Three Adivasi Tiger Force ( ATF ) insurgents were arrested with 5 live grenades from Rajagaon village , Kachua on Friday night. Acting on a tip off, Raha police and No. 34-B , CRPF nabbed the three militants from Rajagaon village , Kachua in a joint operation. Five hand grenades were recovered from the ultras . The three have been identified as Dwipen Sarkar ( 30 ) Nirmal Dev Rai ( 28 ) and Dipak Mandal ( 45 ) .
The locals of Bagariguri area near Roha severely beat an Assam Rifles personnel posted in Kohima suspecting him to be a dacoit. The man allegedly tried to enter a house in the locality on Friday night when he was caught by the family. The man was found drunk when police arrived on the spot . Identified as Lalit Singh Thagunna of Dehradun, the man was on his way to Kohima after enjoying vacation at home.
The first day of class X  High School Leaving Certificate (HSLC) examination passed off peacefully at the Raha H.S.School centre today . The total number of candidates to be appeared from the Raha H.S.School  centre for the HSLC examination this year was 694 where the number of male candidates is 336 and the number of female candidates is 358. But out of this 694 candidates, only 687 candidates appeared for the English subject exam held today.As this time SEBA (Board of Secondary Education of Assam) has made it mandatory for all examination centers conducting HSLC examination to have CCTV camera installed in their premises, Raha H.S .School  has also installed 4 CCTV cameras...
In a joint operation the Nagaon and Raha police led by Nagaon ASP Sanjib Saikia and Yashobonto Nath, officer in-charge of Raha PS apprehended six militants belonging to the Adivasi Tiger Force (ATF) on Monday night at Thekeraguri under Raha PS. According to police , the arrested cadres including the district commander have been identified as Milan Bhuyan, Rasraj Biswas,Bihuram Kurung, C.R.Mangyang , Rajen Garh and Ajoy Singh Ghatowar. Police recovered six numbers of 7.6 mm pistols, 76 live cartigdes, 8 mobile handsets , cash amount and several other objectionable materials from the possession of the apprehended outfits. The interrogation with the nabbed militants was being carried out by...
Caught in a barrage of controversy that left BJP red faced, Raha MLA Dimbeswar Das called the entire incident a conspiracy to belittle his image.Addressing a press conference in Raha on Friday a day after the embarrassing episode, the BJP MLA said,” This was a conspiracy hatched by some people to malign my image in the society.”He said, “ I did not tell Jayanta Das to touch my feet. The junior engineer willingly touched my feet seeking apology for the misdeeds he committed.” "I went to the block office on Thursday to attend a meeting following the invitation of the block office. My car driver had gone for an argument with the JE over a car parking issue. Later it was settled and...
The role of the student leaders and organizations came up for a thought provoking discussion when students, educationists and prominent citizens participated at an open meeting in Raha on Sunday.Organized by the local AASU unit, the open meeting stressed the role of the state’s influential student organization to take lead in the creation of a fresh atmosphere in the field of education where every citizen would try to eliminate illiteracy for good.Raha area AASU president Sanjay Kumar Kakoty moderated the open discussion where the speakers asked the students to help the society get a clean image.Local resident and educationist Hiranya Narayan Bora hoisted the AASU centenary flag at the...