Chidambram pushes onus of peace-talk to the state government
Union Home minister P Chidambaram today expressed his satisfaction over the law and order situation of Assam. He said in Guwahati that the improvement of complicated situation of the state is dramatic. After a meeting with Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi at Raj Bhawan he pushes onus of the forwarding peace-process with the rebel group to the state government. “The state government may take up appropriate step in this regard”, Chidambaram maintained. He has also said that after the arrest of supreme commander of NDFB Ranjan Daimary, ULFA Chairman Aravinda Rajkhowa and vice c-in-c Raju baruah rapid change of law and situation is becoming vivid. He hopes that all the rebel group of the state will come to talk-table.But he denied to talk about the imbroglio exists between Nagaland and Manipur.
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