Silchar: The founder-president of the All Cachar Karimganj Hailakandi Students' Association (ACKHSA), Pradip Dutta Roy, on Saturday challenged pro-talks Ulfa leaders to come to Barak Valley.

Jiten Dutta, one of their leaders, has recently said in Guwahati that they would go to Barak Valley in July with 1,000 cadres to establish Assamese hegemony in the valley and garner support against the ctizenship bill.

Roy told reporters at a news conference here on Saturday afternoon that the pro-talks Ulfa leaders "do not have any idea about the history of the valley and what can happen if they try to establish their so-called cultural aggression here.

"We challenge them to come here. The memories of the Language Martyrs' Day on May 19, 1961 are still fresh. Eleven people had sacrificed their lives for Bengali language," Roy said and warned the pro-talks Ulfa leaders not to try to provoke or threaten people here "or else the consequences will be dangerous".

President of the Silchar Development Authority Complex Committee, Dibyendu Dutta, said: "The pro-talks Ulfa leaders have hatched a conspiracy to create a state of unrest in this valley, but they will never be successful as people here will not tolerate such things. Time and again, they threaten to take up arms over the bill. What are they trying to prove? And why is the government not taking any action against them?"

Superintendent of police, Cachar, Rakesh Roushan told The Telegraph on Saturday said the police are fully prepared to tackle any adverse situation.

Cachar deputy commissioner S. Lakshmanan told people not to worry at all.

Karimganj North MLA Kamalakhya Dey Purkayastha said the pro-talks Ulfa leaders are trying to create unrest and demanded their arrest.