The seventh round of ‘political dialogue’ between Manipur’s two umbrella bodies of Kuki militant, Kuki National Organisation (KNO) and United People’s Front (UPF), with the Government of India and state Government was held in New Delhi on June 25, reports Indian Express. ‘spokesperson’ of KNO Seilen Haokip, after the meeting, said, “To be precise we are doing a comparative study of the Bodo Territorial Council (BTC). Based on the BTC pattern, we are pushing with our demand for Territorial Council (TC) and trying to find a way to improve it (TC)”. The meeting was chaired by the Government interlocutor, AB. Mathur and attended by top leaders of the two umbrella groups including PS Haokip, ‘president ‘KNO and Thanglenpao ‘chairman’ of UPF. This is the first time the supremo of the two umbrella bodies had participated in talks held between the militant groups and the Governments