NSCN asks Manipur CM to withdraw remark on ceasefire

Imphal, Aug 13: The NSCN(I-M) has asked Manipur Chief Minister Wahengbam Nipamacha Singh to withdraw his statement that the ceasefire betw...

Imphal, Aug 13: The NSCN(I-M) has asked Manipur Chief Minister Wahengbam Nipamacha Singh to withdraw his statement that the ceasefire between the Centre and the underground outfit did not extend to Manipur.

A copy of the NSCN(I-M)’s open letter to the Chief Minister circulated to the press said "Nipamacha Singh would live to regret it if he does not withdraw his statement and support the peace progress."

The letter, dated August 12 and signed by the outfit’s’ Home Minister Q Tuccu, said Singh’s statement was designed to create a misunderstanding between Naga and Meitei people.

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The letter said the NSCN(I-M) would never allow the age-old friendhsip between Naga and Meitei people to be betrayed by what it termed `narrow minded politics and politicians’.

Nipamacha Singh had recently said that the ceasefire between the government of India and NSCN(I-M) did not extend to the state of Manipur.

"There is no informal or formal ceasefire in Manipur", he said commenting on press reports attributed to security sources that an "informal ceasefire" was in existence in Manipur.

The three-year-old ceasefire which had expired on July 31 last was extended for another year from August 1 in Nagaland to enable the centre and NSCN(I-M) continue with peace talks for bringing peace in Nagaland, official sources said.

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