The demand for Asom's independence is a just demand. History provides no instance of any Indian ruler ever ruling over Asom. The British were able to rule over Asom only half a century after they conquered India. After the British left, India had the moral right to take over Asom. At the time of India's independence the Indian rulers masquerading under the guise of democracy and Gandhism deceivingly forced us to be a part of India instead of allowing us to be independent". Prof. Udyan Mishra argues that ULFA’s claim on the issue doesn’t hold much logic. “ Obviously, in trying to build up his argument, the ULFA chairman has made a selective reading of Assam's recent history, especially about the struggle for independence from British rule and Assam's role in it.

In his speech, the ULFA chairman has not mentioned the participation of the Assamese masses in the freedom struggle against the British and the role played by countless leading intellectuals in the Congress-led movement. Not to speak of reformer-saints like Sankardeva for whom "Bharatvarsha" was such an important concept and who contributed immensely to bringing Assam within the Indian "mainstream", even rebels like Jyotiprasad Agarwalla and Bishnuprasad Rabha, and literateurs like Padmanath Gohainbaruah and Laksminath Bezbaroa, believed in Assam's destiny to be inextricably linked with India's. Mention is also not made of the many martyrs who embraced death in the belief that theirs was a struggle for an Independent India.”