Senapati, November 10 (NNN):The United Naga Council (UNC) has written today to AK Mishra, Advisor (North East), Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India, to reschedule the date for the next tripartite talk on the Manipur new district creation issue.
According to the UNC, earlier the Advisor had invited the Naga body to hold the next round of the talk in Senapati on November 13, 2024, at 10 am.
However, the UNC has expressed its inability to hold the talk on the said date citing ‘inevitable prior engagement’ in a letter written by its general secretary Vareiyo Satshang to Mishra.
“…I am to inform you on the advice of the President of the UNC that due to inevitable prior engagement of some members of the UNC talk team on the day scheduled for the next tripartite talk, your good self may kindly reschedule the next talk in the fourth week of November 2024,” read the letter made available to Newmai News Network tonight.
It can be recalled that the Manipur new district creation issue tripartite talks involving the Central government, the UNC and the Government of Manipur resumed on October 11, 2024, in New Delhi after a long hiatus.
It is also worth noting here that, the previous Government of Manipur had created the seven new districts on December 8, 2016. In protest, the UNC had imposed 139 days of economic blockade along the national highways passing through Manipur. After the lifting of the blockade, the first round of talk was held on March 19, 2017 followed by several rounds of talk.
