With Nagaland going to polls soon, CM, Dy CM leave for Delhi at the summon of AICC
Congress eyes to sweep Nagaland, Tripura
Source: The Sangai Express

Imphal, January 29 2013: At the invitation of the All India Congress Committee high command to discuss the ensuing Assembly elections in Nagaland and Tripura, Chief Minister O Ibobi and MPCC president Gaikhangam today left for New Delhi.

A senior Minister informed The Sangai Express that the Chief Minister and the MPCC president were called to New Delhi to discuss the strategy of the Congress party in the two North Eastern States which would go to polls in February.

A meeting with the AICC high command was scheduled at 3 pm today.

The meeting may have discussed the possibility of sending some senior Congress leaders of the State to the two neighbouring States to campaign for the party there.

Significantly, former Chief Minister of Nagaland, SC Jamir came to Imphal some time back to canvass for the support of the State unit of the Congress.

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Nagaland goes to poll on February 23 .

However, another source speculated that the meeting might have discussed about electing a new president of Manipur Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC) .

The visit to Delhi has also come in the backdrop Chief Minister O Ibobi giving an assurance to the Kuki State Demand Committee to take up necessary measures for starting a political dialogue with the Kuki armed groups under SoO pact as well as the deadline set by the United Naga Council to fix a date for the next round of tripartite talk on their demand for an Alternative Arrangement for the Nagas of Manipur, pending a settlement to the Indo-Naga issuye by or before February 17 .

The election to the Nagaland State Legislative Assembly has also generated immense interest here in Manipur with a final settlement between the Centre and the NSCN (IM) reportedly being at its concluding stage.

Earlier it was widely speculated that the final settlement would be inked before the election in Nagaland, but with the finer details yet to be worked out, the Election Commission of India had stipulated that election would be held before the expiry of the present term of the Assembly and accordingly fixed February 23 as the election date.

A number of Naga organisations had raised the banner, 'Solution not election' .