Guwahati, Nov 15: As a retaliatory action against the recent attack on Assamese people travelling through Bihar, the Ulfa has asked all Hindi-speaking people to "leave Assam immediately". Ulfa's self-styled commander-in-chief Paresh Baruah in a statement to the local media here has warned that the proscribed outfit was planning "large scale retaliation" for the recent attacks on the people of the state and N-E region who were travelling through Bihar.
Meanwhile, the All Assam Students Union has given a call for a 24-hour statewide bandh on November 17 on the same issue.
Another militant outfit National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) has also condemned the attacks and called for an immediate halt to such actions.
In a joint statement to the local media here yesterday, the Ulfa and NDFB have warned of consequences that would have "far reaching repercussions" throughout the region if innocent passengers continued to be attacked in Bihar.
Both the Bihar government and the central government would be responsible for such repercussions, he warned.
Baruah also warned that stern action would be taken for the attack on women during the attacks in Bihar.
Meanwhile, heavy security arrangements have been made in the state in view of the Bandh and the warnings issued by the insurgents.
Several Assamese passengers were assaulted in the past few days by students in Katihar, Jamalpur and Kishangunj stations of Bihar for allegedly preventing Bihari students from appearing in a railway recruitment test at Maligaon in Assam on November 09.
Bureau Report