ULFA(I) grieves Isak’s demise
The United Liberation Front of Asom (Independent) expresses deep sorrow over the passing away of the National Socialist Council of Nagalim, Founding Member and Chairman Isak Chishi Swu who died Tuesday, June 28 following prolonged aliment since July 5 at Fortis Hospital in New Delhi. He was 87.
ULFA(I) in reverence terms him as “a tower of a man” in the politics of the Naga People as a whole and identifies him as a deeply religious man with an amiable personality which proved to be a great asset to his group in bringing unity between tribes and taking forward the Naga cause with fortitude and revolutionary inspiration to fight on. The over for more than three decades
Swu with his mature skill and statesmanship tried his best to undo the shackles of the 1975 Shillong Accord that the Naga Nationalist Council had then signed with New Delhi.
“Mr. Swu will be remembered for his historical role in bringing out the Framework Agreement for Naga peace,” tweeted PM Modi on hearing of Swu’s demise.
Congress President Sonia Gandhi condoling his demise hoped that Swu’s legacy would evolve into that of lasting peace and reconciliation.
NSCN-IM in August last year had signed a Framework Agreement for peace with the Government of India in the presence of PM Modi and other tall dignitaries. The pact was a result of over 80 rounds of negotiations spanning 16 years. The first breakthrough was in 1997 when a ceasefire agreement was finally signed. This resulted from meetings with then PM P V Narasimha Rao in Paris in June 1995 and PM H D Deve Gowda in Zurich in February 1997.
For ULFA(I) Swu died with the laurel on his head as a Naga National hero undefeated at the hands of the treacherous Indian establishment.
A Bible scholar Swu led the Naga revolution for more than three decades.
Random Stories
13 Jan 2008 - 3:23am |
editor
A grenade explosion in Lastgate area near Beltola has once again rocked the city just before a while. No casualty has been reported. Top ranked police and civil officials have arrived in the spot....
19 Sep 2014 - 8:09pm |
AT News
Journalists’ Forum Assam (JFA) has expressed serious concern at the recent threats to cartoonist Champak Barbara, who is engaged with The Assam Tribune group of newspapers, by a miscreant. It is...
16 Feb 2017 - 9:05pm |
AT News
Yet another police officer probing the corruption cases received death threat sending anger across the state. He is none other than SS Panesar.The senior police officer who is probing the cash for...
8 Mar 2010 - 2:46pm |
Jayanta Kumar Das
On the occasion of Udalguri Book Fair and Science Exhibition 2010 from March 13 to 18, to be organised by district administration of Udalguri,an all Assam basis quiz competition has been organised at...
Other Contents by Author
The regional meet of the all the North-Eastern States Legal Services Authorities under the aegis of the National States Legal Servives Authorities was held at Shillong on September 27 and was inaugurated by Hon'ble Mr Justice Ranjan Gogoi, Judge, Supreme Court of India & Executive Chairman, National Legal Services Authority.The Meet which saw the participation of the Chief Justices and Judges from the states of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim and Tripura accompanied by the Judicial Officers of the respective states commenced with the inaugural programme by the delivery of welcome address by Hon'ble Mr Justice Sudip Ranjan Sen, Judge,...
The Committee on Racial Discrimination under Urgent Action and Early Warning Procedure dated August 15th 2008, recommended India to repeal the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (CERD/C/IND/CO/19). India was asked to submit the report latest by December 31st 2008, but the report is still awaited. Presenting his statement on the Violation of International Convention on Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination during the 36th Regular Session of Human Rights Council in Geneva on Monday, Pankaj Jyoti Hazarika, Chief Functionary of NGO Prahar said, “Most of human rights violation issues in Northeast especially in Assam are caused by the inadequate measurement and negligent attitude...
Nazira boy, Tanmoy Boruah is all set to particpate in the All India Sub Junior Ranking Badminton Tournament to be held in Goa beginning October 9. Tanmoy is currently the All India Ranking 2 player. He trains with coach Alok Boruah in the Ruhiteswar Saikia Memorial Indoor Stadium in Nazira.
The present imbroglio on the Chakma-Hajong Rights issue is a reflection of monumental failure and mismanagement by the government. Civil organizations urge restoration of all rights to vulnerable Chakmas and Hajongs without further delay as 90 per cent of them are already citizens by birth and hence the restoration of Citizenship Rights is out of question. Right Cause, an organization working for the marginalized and vulnerable tribal groups is concerned with the continuing denial and deprivation of legitimate democratic rights of the Chakmas and Hajongs of Arunachal Pradesh. The issue of citizenship in Arunachal Pradesh is a fall out of the anti-foreigner agitation in Assam and is...
APCC Vice President, Debabrata Saikia in a communiqué stated that, “It is unbecoming of a DGP to make a statement that the undergoing of arms training by the RSS is not a violation of law and is done purportedly to appease the RSS.”Such training which create tensions, animosity and hatred between communities besides encouraging divisive forces, if not construed an offence, what else would it be, he questioned.He said, “If the Chief Secretary, who is the Administrative Head of the Government, has to brief the RSS on Government development works, it is natural for the DGP to follow suit.”The communiqué went on to say that Assam Police has failed to identify and arrest the murderers of ABMSU...
Every year dynamic monsoon induced flooding coupled with flash floods cause immense loss to life and property in Assam which falls in the highest rainfall intensity zone in the country. With a total of 5531.41 hectares of crop land affected, Mayong, Laharighat and Bhuragaon Revenue Circles in Morigaon district in Assam are still enlisted under flood affected areas by the State Disaster Management Authority. Seasonal flooding and erosion has inundated several revenue villages and have given rise to massive internal displacement in Morigaon forcing flood survivors to occupy forest lands. Human populations, school infrastructures, grazing animals and poultry are equally facing the...
A number of one hundred and thirty one teamsfrom 70 schools of North East India came together to vie for the title of North East Champions at the city-level finals of the Wild Wisdom Quiz 2017 held in the city recently. Runninginto its tenth year, the Wild Wisdom Quiz is the biggest wildlife quiz for school students in Asia and the only one of its kind in India. Organized by WWF-India the quiz was supported by Discovery Kids and Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE). Some 4170 students from Assam, Meghalaya, Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland, Tripura and Arunachal Pradesh participatedthis season,besides, one wild card entry winning team from North East according to Archita Baruah...
The Kuki Students’ Organisation (KSO) and Karbi Anglong District committee, called on the Chief Executive Member, KAAC, Tuliram Ronghang at his official residence Wednesday in connection with the representation submitted by the Kuki civil bodies on July 7, 2017 at his office chamber in the subject matter of one government nominated KAAC seat out of four, in respect of their projected candidate for the 12th KAAC term (2017 – 2021). The delegates reminded him in writing to actively consider their projected candidate so as to enable the representation of the unrepresented Kuki Tribes in the KAAC for peace and all-round development of the Kuki community in particular and Karbi Anglong as...
The Government of Assam Sunday declared Journalist Pension to twenty senior journalists of the state for the first time under the Assam Pension Scheme for Journalists. The selected journalists are: Benoy Bhusan Sen (Dhubri), Rama Sankar Rai (Kamrup Metro), Prema Dhar Sarma (Kamrup Metro), Garga Ram Barman (Kamrup Metro), Naren Hazarika (Kamrup Metro), Probodh Ch. Bordoloi (Kamrup Metro), Krishna Ch. Kalita (Kamrup Metro), Ratneswar Talukdar (Barpeta), Amal Kumar Gupta (Kamrup Metro), Devendra Kumar Pandey (Lakhimpur), Ajit Kr. Patwary (Kamrup Metro), Goverdhan Prashad Atal (Jorhat), Nirupama Borah (Lakhimpur), Pramod Kumar Singh (Jorhat), Dharani Kalita (Kamrup Metro), Bhakti Ram Roy...
The Corbett Foundation, Kaziranga Chapter in association with the Kaziranga National Park authorities celebrated World Elephant Day at Bokakhat today. World Elephant Day is an international annual event dedicated to the preservation and protection of the world's elephants. The first World Elephant Day was held on August 12, 2012. Assam is home to over 5000 wild elephants. The event was organised in front of Bokakhat Natya Mandir where eminent artists of Kaziranga landscape demonstrated their skills and imagination with brush on canvases as large as 4 ft x16 ft on issues like poaching for tusks, habitat loss and deforestation. Dr. Naveen Pandey, a conservation medicine professional and...
Add new comment