The ministry of home affairs is of view that a new platform floated by northeast insurgent groups based in Myanmar was aimed at drawing the attention of the media rather then making any formidable impact on the ground.
The new platform, named the "United Liberation Front of West South East Asia", was floated just before the NSCN (K) decided to pull out of peace talks with the government in March this year.
Pointing out that rebels of the anti-talk faction of Ulfa, the National Socialist Council of Nagaland (Khaplang), the National Democratic Front of Bodoland (Songbijit) and Meitei outfits of Manipur are holed up together in Myanmar for past five or six years, authoritative security sources in the home ministry told this newspaper that the same group floating a new platform doesn't give any teeth to their claims.
Admitting that Indian intelligence agencies have also reported their activities in Myanmar, security sources said that most of the insurgent groups of the region have been pushed to wall in their respective states by the security forces and by floating a joint platform they intend to make their presence felt.
Claiming that it doesn't pose any serious threat to the law and order situation of the region, security sources said that elusive Ulfa chief Paresh Baruah was instrumental in floating a similar platform few years back but failed to make any difference.
First, it was the Indo-Burma Revolutionary Front (IBRF) formed by United National Liberation Front, NSCN (K), Ulfa, and Kuki National Army in 1989 with the help of the Chin National Front, a militant outfit of Myanmar.
In mid-1995, Ulfa and NSCN (K) had formed an umbrella organisation called the United Liberation Front of Seven Sisters. The home ministry has clarified to the states that formation of new platform would not require any changes in the existing formation of the security forces.
http://www.information.myanmaronlinecentre.com/northeast-insurgents-floating-new-platform-for-limelight/
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