Naga MLAs Delhi-bound for talk to end crisis in state
Source: Chronicle News Service

Imphal, October 14 2024: Ministers and MLAs who are to take part in the peace talk scheduled on Tuesday in New Delhi have reached the national capital with some Naga MLAs apart from Meeteis and Kuki MLAs also likely to take part in the parleys.

The Ministry of Home Affairs is shouldering responsibility for holding the peace talk at the national capital as part of the steps taken up by Union home minister Amit Shah to bring back peace in Manipur.

According to a reliable source, the peace talk will begin at 1.30pm Tuesday in a hotel at Khan Market, Subramanium Bharti Marg, New Delhi.

Some Meetei MLAs already at the national capital for the dialogue process include speaker of Manipur Legislative Assembly Th Satyabrata, agriculture minister Th Biswajit, works minister Govindas Konthoujam, health minister Dr Sapam Ranjan, RD & PR minister Y Khemchand, education minister Th.Basanta Kumar, Thanga MLA T Robindro and Uripok MLA Kh Raghumani.

All of them are likely to take part the peace talk.

Some Naga MLAs who are in New Delhi to join their Meetei and Kuki colleagues are water resources minister Awangbow Newmai, Mao MLA Losii Dikho and Ukhrul MLA Ram Muivah.

RD & PR minister Y Khemchand, health minister Dr Sapam Ranjan, agriculture minister Th Biswajit, MLA Kh Raghumani, MLA Kh Ibomcha, Rajya Sabha MP Leishemba Sanajaoba, water resources minister Awangbow Newmai and MLA Losii Dikho left Imphal airport for New Delhi on Monday.

Before leaving for New Delhi, minister Awangbow and MLA Dikho informed the media that they will take part in the peace talk.

Speaker Th Satyabrata and MLA T Robindro had left Imphal for New Delhi on Sunday while minister Govindas Konthoujam and MLA Ram Muivah are stationed in New Delhi since the past few days.

When contact late Monday evening, speaker Th Satyabrata informed The People's Chronicle that the peace talk scheduled on Tuesday will be attended by Meetei, Kuki and Naga legislators.

It will be the first step initiated by the Ministry of Home Affairs under the aegis of Union home minister Amit Shah towards restoring peace in the state after the more than one and half years of violence which claimed the lives of over 200 people and rendered more than 60,000 people homeless, he acknowledged.

It is unlikely that Tuesday's peace talk would arrive at a decision to restore peace immediately in the state but the steps taken by the ministry are very positive one, Satyabrata said and expressed hope that the peace talk could be held in phase-wise manner till restoration of complete peace in the state.

Meanwhile, NPF MLA Losii Dikho informed media persons before leaving Imphal airport for New Delhi that the initiatives by the Ministry of Home Affairs for restoring peace in Manipur is commendable and expect something positive towards restoring peace.

Such a step at this crucial juncture is of great significance but it would be impossible to bring back peace without participation of legislators of all the communities of the state in the peace talk, he said and appealed to legislators of all the communities to take part the peace talk and cooperate.

Even though some Meetei and Naga MLAs have reached the national capital for Tuesday's peace talk, how many Kuki MLAs would attend the same is yet to be ascertained.

Nevertheless, there is high possibility of some Kuki MLAs joining the peace talk in view of serious efforts being made by the Ministry of Home Affairs to organise the meet under the aegis of Union home minister Amit Shah.

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