Newmai News Network
Senapati| December 19
The next round of tripartite talk on the Manipur district creation issue will beheld on January 25, 2019.
According to the United Naga Council (UNC), the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA),Government of India has invited the concerned parties for the talk on January 25 to be held from 11:00 am in Senapati district headquarters.
This January 25, 2019 talk will be the first round of tripartite talk on the issue with the new team of UNC headed by S Kho John.
The last round of talk was held on September 1 in Senapati district headquarters.In that round of talk, the participating parties had decided to have the next round of talk in the first week of December.
When the proposed talk was not held, the UNC expressed its concern as the Government remains silence on the next round of tripartite talk over the district creation issue. A letter was written to Satyendra Garg, Joint Secretary (NE), Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), by the UNC. The UNC letter to Satyendra Garg then said,“You are therefore, requested to kindly initiate to fix day and date for the next round of tripartite talk at the earliest as agreed”.
It is worth noting here that, the previous Government of Manipur had created seven new districts on December 8, 2016. In protest against that act of the Manipur Government, the UNC had imposed 139 days of economic blockade along the national highways which pass 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. The talk is still continuing on the issue.
It is also worth mentioning here that, the tripartite talks have been moderated by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), Government of India from day one.
