Somdal village in Manipur’s Ukhrul district is gearing up to welcome NSCN(IM) supremo Th Muivah, who will visit his birthplace on October 22 after more than 50 years, officials said on Tuesday. The 91-year-old Naga leader left the village decades ago to join the insurgency.

Locals have put up posters across the village to mark the occasion. Muivah, the principal negotiator in the Naga peace talks with the Centre since the NSCN(IM) entered a ceasefire in 1997, is expected to stay in Somdal for a week before travelling to Dimapur, an official said.

The visit comes amid ongoing ethnic tensions in Manipur, where clashes between Meitei and Kuki-Zo communities since May 2023 have claimed over 260 lives and displaced thousands.

Authorities in the Tangkhul Naga-majority village, alongside stude

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