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statesman news service
Guwahati, 5 August
The Assam government has warned agitators, who are holding demonstrations for separate states against violent activities, saying ‘violence will not solve any problems, rather it will compound matters’.
Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi, in a statement issued to the media, also asserted that the government would not tolerate protests in any manner and no one can be allowed to take the law unto their hands.
Mr Gogoi, who had already stated that he was not in favour of further division of Assam, however expressed his interest to talk with the agitators if they shun the path of violence.
All problems can be resolved amicably, through non-violent, democratic and peaceful means across the table.
The doors for negotiations are always open for those who abjure violence, added Mr Gogoi.
His reaction came yesterday following unabated violence that erupted in the Karbi Anglong district and many parts of west Assam in the past few days while demanding four separate states namely Bodoland, Kamatapur, Karbiland and Dimaraji in the line of Telengana.
Earlier, Mr Gogoi had appealed to ‘one and all to exercise great restraint to help in restoring normalcy’ in Karbi Anglong and Bodo dominated areas of west Assam.
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