Thadou Inpi presents case to interlocutor
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, October 30 2019:
A delegation of Thadou Inpi, General Headquarters (Manipur), led by its president Lamminthang Kipgen and four others including Thanglensei Kipgen, president, TI-SH and Michael Lamjathang Haokip, secretary general, Thadou Students' Association (TSA), met AB Mathur, Interlocutor (Govt of India), Indo-Kuki talks, this afternoon at New Delhi and discussed various critical issues including the Indo-Naga peace talks, said a statement of the Thadou Inpi.
The delegation, on behalf of Thadou people, apprised Mathur about their desire for the Government of India to conclude the Indo-Kuki talks simultaneously with the Indo-Naga talks, which is expected to be finalised tomorrow, said the statement issued by Seikholen Sigsit, secretary i/c department of information and publicity Thadou Inpi GHQs.
The delegation also highlighted the overlapping issues of the Kukis and Nagas in Manipur and stressed their strong objection to any possible plan to give away Thadou inhabited land by way of setting up boundaries or Naga Territorial Council in the event of a final Naga political settlement.
The delegation emphasised the need for mutually acceptable solution to both Kuki and Naga political problems on the basis of equal respect, equal treatment and equal recognition of the political aspirations of both communities for genuine and permanent peace and solution in North-East India, said Thadou Inpi.
In view of the political developments against the backdrop of the finalisation of the Indo-Naga peace talks, the Thadou people, as a major stake holder, are compelled to assert rights to their land, culture and identity and thus called for a final solution to Indo-Kuki talks at the same time as the Indo-Naga talks reach its solution.
The meeting of the delegates with Mathur lasted two hours.
He acknowledged the issues and assured that they would be addressed at the most appropriate level in a timely manner, said Thadou Inpi.