NEW DELHI, June 1 ? The revived tripartite discussions on problems relating to Karbi Aanglong and North Cachar Hills remained inconclusive, even as the Central Government is likely to convene another round of discussions on the demands for an autonomous Karbi state under Article 244 A of the Constitution. The talks on Karbi problems revived after a gap of several years went satisfactorily as far as the 14-member delegation of the Autonomous State Demand Committee (ASDC) Karbi Students Association (KSA), Karbi Nimso Chingthur Asong (KNCA)and Dimasa Students Union (DSU) are concerned, according to ASDC leader, Holiram Terang.
The ASDC leader claimed that they had managed to convince the Central Government that they have a basis for demanding an autonomous state, as their problems cannot be resolved under the present structure. ?The Government has recognised that there are defects in the institution and these systematic defects needed to be re-examined,? asserted Sri Terang.
The tripartite talks that concluded late evening yesterday was attended by Joint Secretary (North-east), Surinder Kumar, Resident Commissioner of Assam, Rajiv Yadav, officials of Department of Development of North Eastern Region (DONER) besides representatives of the five organisations. Sri Terang told this correspondent that it was decided at the meeting that the next round of tripartite talks would be held at a higher level involving all the parties concerned. ?At the moment we are not pressing for talks at the political level though ultimately the problem has to be resolved at the political level,? he said. Sri Terang also did not feel that the estranged CPI-ML needed to be involved in the process and claimed that they were the authentic representatives of the Karbi and Dimasa communities.