NSCN asks Manipur CM to withdraw remark on ceasefire

The letter, dated August 12 and signed by the outfit8217;s8217; Home Minister Q Tuccu, said Singh8217;s statement was designed to create a misunderstanding between Naga and Meitei people.

The letter said the NSCNI-M would never allow the age-old friendhsip between Naga and Meitei people to be betrayed by what it termed narrow minded politics and politicians8217;.

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

quot;There is no informal or formal ceasefire in Manipurquot;, he said commenting on press reports attributed to security sources that an quot;informal ceasefirequot; 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 NSCNI-M continue with peace talks for bringing peace in Nagaland, official sources said.