Bodo body decries prohibitory order

GUWAHATI, Nov 16 – The All Bodo Peace Forum has flayed the government for imposing prohibitory orders at a time when the general people of the State desperately seek peace.In a statement released to the press, the forum stated that the ongoing ceasefire between the government and the banned NDFB, which is due to expire on November 30 next has resulted in a hard-earned conducive atmosphere which should be fully exploited by the government to prove its sincerity in the peace process. “The anti-democratic and anti-peace approach of the State government is well manifested when it imposed prohibitory order on a peace seeking democratic organisation like the All Bodo Peace Forum just to save its political interests,” it said.The forum decried the approach of the State government and appealed again to revoke the order in the interest of peace. The forum including other peace seeking social organisations did their best in this regard and somehow if the peace process with the NDFB outfit derails, the State and the Central governments will be entirely responsible.On the eve of the expiry of the ceasefire period, the All Boro Peace Forum urged the government of India as well as the State government to adopt a positive approach to the ongoing peace process with the NDFB so that the issue may be sorted out amicably through peaceful dialogue. The ABPF also urged the government that the ceasefire period should not be used as a tool to gain political mileage but it should be an opportunity to solve the issue.