Gaurav Gogoi

Assam Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi has expressed concern over youths from the state joining the banned militant outfit ULFA-I. 

Speaking at the parliament, the Assam Congress MP said that unemployment and lack of jobs are leading the youths to join rebel outfits. 

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Gaurav Gogoi has urged the government to take immediate and necessary steps to check the trend of youths of Assam joining ULFA-I. 

Gogoi further suggested the Centre to dispatch a team of intelligence and security experts to Assam to address the matter. 

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He also said that the government must look into such situations in the states that share international borders. 

Recently, there have been reports of a substantial number of youths from Assam joining the Paresh Baruah-led ULFA-I.