Guwahati, June 21: The pro-talks faction of National Democratic Front of Bodoland- Progressive (NDFB-P), a militant outfit in Assam, has reckoned that talks with the Central Government interlocutor, P. C. Haldar, have been positive so far.
Talking to reporters here on Monday, B Borosa, a leader of NDFB-P said: "We had positive talks with P C Haldar, regarding Bodoland issue. We would like to proceed ahead as soon as possible. We are talking to the central government. Let us see, we will discuss it (next round of talks) later."
He also reiterated that their demand for creation of a separate Bodoland state would remain.
"The outfit during its earlier talks with the Centre had submitted a map of Bodoland, Borosa said, adding, the underground group's leaders would be going to Delhi before its ceasefire agreement with the Government on June 23 to apprise the Government of their demand.
Earlier, the NDFB(P) had asserted that they would not be sitting for Monday's talks with Haldar demanding to hold the dialogue only with the Government and not with an interlocutor.
They alleged, "The Government is keeping away from dialogue by giving the responsibility of the whole process to an interlocutor, who is neither authorised to give any concrete decision nor give any clear guideline to the parties concerned for finding a solution to the issue."
The organisation, which initially wanted sovereignty, agreed to soften its stand in 2008 and agreed for a separate state from Assam.
It signed a ceasefire agreement with both the state and central governments.
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