Source: The Imphal Free Press
Imphal, July 04:
In a belated gesture to reach out to the people of Manipur, the Union ministry of home affairs, is sending a high level peace mission, led by the Union minister of state for home affairs, ID Swami, to Imphal, to listen to the grievances of all sections of the people here, according to a reliable source in New Delhi, who called up the IFP this evening.
Also part of the team will be additional secretary home, PD Shenoy, who incidentally has been the prime mover of the talks with the Bodo Liberation Tigers, BLT and the NSCN (K), according to the source.
Swami and Shenoy will be in Imphal for two days and according to their own confession, they are on an open agenda tour of the state and will come prepared to hold meetings with every sections of the society to have their views and to look for a means to resolve the problem at hand.