Muivah’s Visit: Talks between Centre, NSCN (IM) Fall Flat
Talks of NSCN (IM) with the central government over the proposed visit of its leader T Muivah to his native village in Manipur has fallen flat as the rebel organization maintained that he would go ahead with his plan, said media reports.
The talks involved Union Home Secretary GK Pillai, Naga peace interlocutor RS Pande and Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio on one side and Muivah and other senior NSCN(IM) leaders on the other.
The talks, which were held at Viswema village on the Nagaland-Manipur border, lasted one-and-a-half-hour, reports said.
Talking to reporters after the talks, Pande said that the Centre would carry on communication with ‘all concerned’ to break the impasse emerged following objection of the Munipur government to Muivah’s visit to Somdal village in Senapati district, said reports.
“We have requested Muivah to wait till the situation becomes “congenial” in Manipur to undertake the visit because of security reasons,” he was quoted as saying.
In the meanwhile, senior NSCN(IM) functionary VS Atem made it clear that they would not wait for long and Muivah would go ahead with the visit if the Centre failed to break the stalemate soon, reports said.
“The whole situation is the creation of the Manipur government and Naga people are not responsible. It is up to the Centre to resolve the present situation. We will not wait for long. We will go ahead with our programme,” Atem was quoted as saying.
(Based on internet reports)
