Sunil Nath (Assamese: সুনীল নাথ), alias Siddhartha Phukan, is SULFA leader, and was a former Central Publicity Secretary and spokesman of ULFA.[1] He had been holding the post to 1992 after the death of Uddipta Hazarika[2] when the ULFA was at its peak.[3] The charge was later taken over by Mithinga Daimary. Now he is a columnist and the editor of the Assamese daily Asomiya Khabar and e-journal Voice of Assam. He writes on insurgency and development issues related to Assam in several newspapers and academic journal within and outside the state.

Surrender

On March 31, 1992, Nath came overground and surrendered to then chief minister of Assam Hiteswar Saikia. He led the first batch of the outfit to surrender.[1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Cases against surrendered ultrasGovt has no clear-cut policy". Dec 7, 2000. Retrieved 13 December 2009.
  2. ↑ Misra, Udayon (2000). The periphery strikes back : challenges to the nation-state in Assam and Nagaland. Indian Institute of Advanced Study. Shimla: Indian Institute of Advanced Study. ISBN 81-85952-74-4. OCLC 46928793.
  3. ↑ Mahanta, Nani Gopal (2013). Confronting the state : ULFA's quest for sovereignty. New Delhi. ISBN 978-81-321-1327-0. OCLC 844726945.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)


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