Meitei, Kuki, Naga MLAs Meet In Delhi To Solve Manipur Crisis
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The Kuki-Zo MLAs who attended the meeting said they represented the people and were their voice. The Kuki-Zo people, they said, wanted a separate administration in the form of UT with legislature. There can't be talk of peace before this demand is met, they said.
The all-important meeting to find a way out to resolve the 17-plus-month-long ethnic strife in Manipur was held in New Delhi on Tuesday, the Union Home Ministry said in a statement. The meeting was the first of the deliberations convened by the government after the ethnic conflict broke out between the majority Meitei and minority Kuki-Zo communities in Manipur on May 3 last year.A group of elected members of Manipur Assembly, representing Kuki-Zo-Hmar, Meitei and Naga communities, met to discuss on the current scenario in the northeastern state.
The participants unanimously resolved to appeal to people from all communities to shun the path of violence so that "no more precious lives of innocent citizens are lost".
The meeting was called by the Intelligence Bureau and was monitored by Union Home Minister Amit Shah.
