State Government and
the Central Government
are trying to include
four more factions of
the Kangleipak Communist
Party (KCP)
in the ongoing peace process,
reports The Telegraph
on August 10. The
news report states that
Union Home Ministry and
Manipur Government officials
met leaders of the factions
headed by Taibangangba,
Lamphel, City Meitei and
Pakhanglakpa in New Delhi
recently and the leaders
agreed in principle to
sign a ceasefire agreement.
The four rebel leaders
along with Manipur principal
secretary, home, Suresh
Babu, UHM, joint secretary
Sambhu Singh and a senior
official of Manipur police
attended the first round
of meetings, which was
convened in Delhi to discuss
the modalities of the
ceasefire. The meeting
also reportedly discussed
setting up of designated
camps for cadres of the
four groups. The groups
are, however, yet to submit
cadre strengths.
Meanwhile, Coordination
Committee (CorCom), the
conglomerate body of seven
militant outfits namely
KCP, KYKL [Kanglei Yowel
Kanna Lup], People’s Revolutionary
Party of (PREPAK),
Progressive faction of
PREPAK (PREPAK-Pro), Revolutionary
People’s Party (RPF),
United National Liberation
Front (UNLF)
and United People’s Party
of Kangleipak (UPPK),
has saluted the martyrs
of the Anglo-Manipur War,
1891 on the occasion of
Patriots Day (August 13),
reports Sangai Express. |
