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ULFA takes on Zubeen again

By AT News |

ULFA strongly takes on Zubeen Garg after the popular singer spoke ill of the outfit on the appeal to confine to the traditional Assamese.

Talking to a section of television news channels over telephone on Friday, ULFA supremo Paresh Barua said that the singer is reacting in a manner which does not behove for a promising star. Barua said that the scene was created by the singer himself.

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Submitted by surendra on Mon, 22/04/2013 - 10:34
ULFA should not cut the wings of artists like Zubeen who are spreading the great Assamese essence throughout the country. 

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