Singh was briefing newsmen about the deliberations of the just-concluded top army commanders conference in New Delhi.

Asserting that operations against the group would continue, the army chief said his forces would treat the banned organisation as a "terrorist organisation".

He said ULFA cadres were at present pressed hard by the pressure put on them by the security forces and had lost much of their earlier sheen and ideological standing.

Singh said moves by the group leaders to abandon their bases in the country and take shelter in other countries had not gone down well with the people of Assam.