The Hindu : All-party meet vows to resist disintegration of Manipur

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All-party meet vows to resist disintegration of Manipur

IMPHAL JAN. 11. An all-party emergency meeting here today vowed to oppose any attempt to disintegrate Manipur in the wake of the ongoing Naga peace talks in New Delhi.

A resolution, adopted at the meeting said the people of Manipur would "unitedly oppose attempt by any authority to disintegrate the State.

``The territory of Manipur belongs to the Manipuris and cannot be parcelled on the basis of the area occupied by the communities residing in it," it said.

The NSCN (I-M) general secretary, Th. Muivah, had said yesterday in New Delhi that there was "no greater or lesser" Nagaland. "It is a place of our natural habitation ... our own territory. We are not asking for nothing more than that or nothing less than that".

The Chief Minister, Ibobi Singh, told newsmen here after the meeting that a monitoring cell with representatives from all parties would be set up soon to monitor the situation arising out of the peace talks between the Centre and NSCN(I-M).

The Chief Minister said he would himself be convenor of the cell. Mr. Singh said he was keeping in touch with the Chief Ministers of Assam and Arunachal Pradesh, the two States besides Manipur, portions of which were demanded by NSCN(I-M) for formation of "Greater Nagaland". — PTI

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