ULFA talk: Ball in Dispur's court

The Centre on Wednesday smartly passed the buck on to the state government after the SJA delegation camping in Delhi met P Chidambaram in the evening. The Union home minister said the state government can only release the jailed ULFA leaders to help them take a formal decision. Led by renowned critic Dr Hiren Gohain, the SJA team called on Chidambaram at 4.30 in the afternoon. Significantly, chief minister Tarun Gogoi has been harping on Centre's intervention for release of Ulfa leaders on parole.