Tripartite meet to review creation of 7 districts in Manipur

The decision to create seven new districts in Manipur, which led to massive protests and 139- day blockade on national highways connecting the state, will be reviewed at a tripartite meeting called by the Union Home Ministry here tomorrow, an official said.
The representatives of the United Naga Council (UNC), central and state governments will take part in the home ministry meeting.
The UNC, the apex political organisation of Nagas residing in the hill districts on Manipur, had staged massive protests following the creation of the new districts alleging that such a move would bifurcate the ancestral land of the Nagas.

The organisation had also imposed an economic blockade on NH-2 (Imphal-Dimapur) and NH-37 (Imphal-Jiribam) that serve as lifelines for the landlocked Manipur for 139 days in 2016. The blockade was withdrawn in March this year after the BJP- led government came to power in Manipur and assured that their demand would be considered, the official said.