Th Muivah, At Helm Of Talks With Centre On Naga Issue, Hospitalised

Nagaland health officials have neither denied nor confirmed the report that he tested positive for Covid-19 two days ago.

General secretary of the insurgent group NSCN(IM), Th Muivah, has been hospitalised in Dimapur, official sources informed late on Saturday night. Nagaland health officials have neither denied nor confirmed the media report that the leader of the armed group tested positive for Covid-19 two days ago. Th Muivah and other leaders of the insurgent group had come to Dimapur to attend a crucial meeting on the Naga political issue with the core committee of a parliamentary panel. The committee comprises all 60 MLAs and two MPs of Nagaland. The NSCN-IM, the largest insurgent group in the northeast, has a ceasefire with the centre. It has held about 80 rounds of talks with the centre since August 1997 and Th Muivah has been leading the delegation.