AGARTALA, Dec 19 ? The banned National Liberation Front of Tripura(NLFT) appears to have been divided into two camps over the question of peace talks with the Tripura government sticking to its view that political demands would not be conceded, reports PTI.
Official sources said here on Saturday that Nayanbasi Jamatiya, the self-styled supremo of the outfit, did not participate in the fourth round of peace talks with the Centre and the State in New Delhi on Friday and has gone back to Bangladesh for relaunching insurgency activities.
Jamatiya has been demanding that he be made the Chief Minister of Tripura as in the case of Laldenga in Mizoram.
However, a breakaway faction of the NLFT will surrender soon to pave the way for the peace talks, which began in April this year during the regime of the Vajpayee government, the sources said.
Ananta Debbarma, the self- styled prime minister of the NLFT and two other top leaders of the outfit participated in the meeting and agreed to surrender if their demands other than the political demands were fulfilled, the sources said but did not elaborate on the demands.
A formal announcement on the surrender would be made soon, they said, adding altogether 250 cadres of the breakaway faction out of the total 400 may submit before the authorities to pave the way for an agreement.
The remaining cadres may have joined Jamatiya, the sources said, adding 88 cadres had already deserted the designated camps fearing derailment of the peace process. The Union Home Ministry, handling the tripartite peace talks, has agreed to give a package of Rs 60 crore to ensure all round development of the tribal people.