SENAPATI, Nov 29: The Tripartite Talk between the Government of India (GOI), the Government of Manipur (GOM), and the United Naga Council (UNC) on Fiday, ended without a breakthrough on the contentious issue of the creation of seven new districts in Manipur. The discussions, held at Senapati District, focused on the UNC’s demand for the rollback of the districts, which were created by the Government of Manipur on December 8,2016.

The meeting was attended by A.K. Mishra, Advisor(North East), representing the Central Government; N. Ashok Kumar, IAS, Commissioner (Home), from the Government of Manipur; Ng. Lorho, President, UNC; Vareiyo Shatsang, General Secretary, UNC; Priscilla Thiumai, President, NWU; Luikang Luckson, President, ANSAM

The representatives of Government of Manipur expressed their inability to present a concrete proposal in view of certain difficulties. However, the UNC expressed strong exceptions over the government of Manipur’s non-submission of concrete proposal and insisted that it be presented at the next round of talks.

The meeting was conducted in a cordial atmosphere and was mutually agreed that further progress will be made by engaging in a sustained manner in order to resolve the issue politically in time bound manner keeping in view of the previous commitments.

It was decided that the next round of Tripartite Talks will take place in the last week of January 2025 at Senapati District Headquarters.

The tripartite talk between the United Naga Council (UNC), Manipur Government and the Government of India follows the arbitrary creation of seven new districts by bifurcating parent districts on December 8, 2016, during the Congress regime without the informed consent and knowledge of the stakeholders-dishonouring the four memoranda between the government of Manipur and the Naga people besides the assurance from the government of India in 2011.

The UNC demanded the rollback of “arbitrary creation” of seven new districts and reinstated the status quo in the spirit of four standing MoUs and assurance of the government of India.