Kokrajhar, Jan. 3: Accusing the government of walking away from the ceasefire, the Ranjan Daimary-led faction of the NDFB today warned of renewing its war for the liberation of Bodos.

In a statement issued this afternoon, Daimary also described his expulsion from the NDFB by the B. Sungthagra-led faction as “ridiculous”.

“After waging a war for 18 years for the legitimate rights of the Bodo people when almost all the leaders were either in jail or missing, I declared the ceasefire on October 4, 2004, to solve the Indo-Bodoland issue peacefully and democratically. As requested by the Government of India, the proposed agenda to initiate the talks was also submitted to the Centre on May 1, 2008. But it is unfortunate that instead of initiating the talks, the Government of India outright rejected the proposed agenda and started dictating terms to the NDFB. Therefore, who is to blame for ending the ceasefire and the failure of the talks? Now the NDFB shall have no other option but to renew the war for the liberation of Bodoland,” the statement said.

Daimary said after he had already stated that he was not the president of those who have capitulated on the ideology and principles of the NDFB and adopted a resolution to take part in Indian elections, his expulsion by the group was “nothing but ridiculous”.

“Those who have betrayed the national principle and deviated from the ideology and principle of the NDFB do not have any moral authority to talk about my expulsion,” the statement said.

Daimary said that Sungthagra, who had just come out of jail after six years, and whose hands are stained with blood of innocent people, did not have the moral authority to speak of humanity and rights violation.