Daijiworld Media Network - New Delhi

New Delhi/Imphal, Dec 13: The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), Manipur government officials, and representatives of Kuki-Zo groups under the Suspension of Operations (SoO) held the second round of tripartite talks in New Delhi on December 12 to discuss governance and land issues in Manipur’s hill areas.

Representatives of the Kuki National Organisation (KNO) and United People’s Front (UPF) focused on the demand for a Union Territory (UT) with a Legislature for the Kuki-Zo tribal community, citing historical and customary tribal land rights vested in village chiefs. The groups claimed that successive Manipur government policies have undermined these traditional rights, and argued that a separate political structure under a UT would be necessary to prot

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