In Manipur, the second round of talks slated to be held on Monday at Senapati District Headquarters between state government and United Naga Council (UNC) in presence of Union Home Ministry officials as facilitator, has been postponed indefinitely. Official sources from the Chief Minister’s Secretariat said, the state government has sought from the UNC, the apex body of Nagas in Manipur to intimate the agenda of the talks well in advance for fruitful negotiations. The, state administration had requested Union Ministry of Home Affairs to defer the talks as it won’t be meaningful for holding talks without having a concrete agenda and the Ministry has also agreed upon it. Earlier state Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh categorically denied the demands of alternative arrangement of administration for the Nagas in Manipur and annulling the recently constituted Autonomous District Councils in the hill areas of the state through democratic elections after a gap of two decades.
News On AIR | May 30, 2011 11:28 AM
Talks between Manipur govt, United Naga Council postponed indefinitely