Special Central Team Reaches Manipur; Scrap Ceasefire With Insurgents, Say MLAs
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Manipur violence: The MLAs in their resolution gave four suggestions on how the Manipur ethnic crisis may be solved quickly
Thirty-five MLAs from different parties including the ruling BJP in Manipur have asked the Centre to end a ceasefire deal signed with 25 Kuki insurgent groups, on a day a special three-member team of the Home Ministry landed in the state capital Imphal. 35 Legislators present in the meeting unanimously passed a resolution which was forwarded to the Union Home Minister.1. Abrogation of SOO Militants should be done immediately who have constantly violated ground rules, there should be no extension of such agreement with other... pic.twitter.com/PJjpxOxNSI
The team headed by the adviser on northeast affairs to the Home Ministry AK Mishra met with the leader of a valley-based village defence volunteer group at the Imphal home of Rajya Sabha MP Eningthou Leishemba Sanajaoba, people with direct knowledge of the matter said. The meeting will continue tomorrow, they said, without giving details what they discussed.
The other two members of the Home Ministry team are Subsidiary Intelligence Bureau (SIB) Delhi joint director Mandeep Singh Tuli, and SIB joint director Imphal Rajesh Kumble.