Janardan Gogoi, a former Youth Congress leader from Assam’s Tinsukia joined the Paresh Baruah-led insurgent group United Liberation Front of Asom-Independent (ULFA-I) on Sunday.

Former president of the Tinsukia district’s Youth Congress unit, Gogoi confirmed the joining via a Facebook post.

Leaving behind his family and home in Sadiya, Gogoi left for the ULFA-I camp in Myanmar jungles.

Addressing his wife in a letter that he posted on Facebook, Gogoi wrote, “Some people are conspiring to finish off the existence of the Assamese society. I have realised that some political parties and so called regional organisations have been doing business in the name of Assamese society.”

“Today, Assamese people have become helpless in their own motherland. I cannot become a mere spectator to attempts of eradicating the Assamese society,” he wrote.

Gogoi added, “This government has failed to listen to the opposition raised by the people in democratic manner. There is no alternative to armed rebellion to protect the interest of Assamese society.”