Mahanta hits out at Assam PCC chief

GUWAGATI, AUG. 26. The Assam Chief Minister, Mr. Prafulla Kumar Mahanta today alleged the Congress in the State led by Mr. Tarun Gogoi (MP) was having a secret understanding with the ULFA, a banned outfit. Mr. Mahanta said the State Congress had been ``soft'' towards the underground outfit since Mr. Gogoi became the state unit chief.

Mr. Mahanta, also the AGP president, told presspersons here that Mr. Gogoi being the APCC president, held at a public meeting near Nalbari said his party was ready to concede all the demands of the ULFA if it came to power. Subsequently, the erstwhile AICC president, Mr. Sitaram Kesri had to apologise to ULFA leaders for some of his statements, he said.

The Chief Minister said Mr. Gogoi on the one hand ``extends his support to the cause of secession of Assam spearheaded by ULFA and on the other rejects the demand of more powers or autonomy to Assam advocated by the AGP. He was supporting what is against the Constitution, integrity and sovereignty of India and rejecting the demand made within the frame work of the Constitution,'' Mr. Mahanta said.

He also alleged that the Congress when it was in power at the Centre, allowed Pakistan and China to grab thousands of square km of Indian territory without any hesitation. ``The party had also tried its best to implicate me in the LoC case. But they failed'', Mr. Mahanta said.

- UNI

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