Guwahati: In what could also be referred to as a major step in the direction of reconciliation between the 2 communities in trouble-torn Manipur, the ministry of residence affairs (MHA) has convened a gathering between civil society organisations (CSOs) representing the Meitei and Kuki Zo communities in New Delhi on Saturday (April 5).

Representing the Meitei facet, two influential CSOs—the All Manipur United Golf equipment’ Organisation (AMUCO) and the Federation of Civil Society Organisations (FOCS), Manipur have confirmed their participation within the assembly.

The AMUCO President Pheiroijam Nando Luwang instructed reporters in Imphal that the organisation had obtained a verbal invitation from the MHA. “We’re collaborating within the assembly. From our facet, we will even current the aspirations of the folks of Manipur, particularly the collective want to safeguard the territorial integrity of the state,” he stated.

A 3-member AMUCO delegation led by Nando Luwang can be set to journey to the nationwide capital on Friday. Reiterating the stand of the organisation, he stated, “We are going to make it clear throughout the assembly that no baseless declare could be a justification for breaking the territorial integrity of Manipur. Our stand stays unchanged.”

Equally, the Federation of Civil Society Organisations (FOCS) will even ship a three-member delegation. A senior chief of FOCS stated that their participation goals to bolster the spirit of unity and oneness among the many folks of Manipur. “This is a matter that considerations your entire state. We’re going to stand firmly for the integrity of Manipur,” he stated.

Safety sources whereas confirming the assembly stated that the MHA has invited a number of different outstanding Meitei organisations, together with the Coordinating Committee on Manipur Integrity (COCOMI) and the United Committee Manipur (UCM), to hitch the assembly with the Kuki Zo CSOs. Each AMUCO and FOCS delegations are scheduled to depart Imphal on Friday for the assembly in New Delhi.

The Kuki organisations on Tuesday met at Kangpokpi in Manipur, by which it determined to ship a delegation for the assembly on April 5.

It’s important an analogous try by the MHA in 2024 had did not materialise after the Kuki organisations refused to fulfill the Meitei leaders. The recent invitation got here days after MHA advisor for the Northeast, AK Mishra, met the Meitei and the Kuki leaders individually in Manipur just lately.

The Kuki Zo Council, an apex physique of the Kuki-Zo organisations, on Tuesday determined to current its calls for within the assembly. Its calls for embrace opposition to the Centre’s transfer for “free motion” of the Meiteis by way of the Kuki dominated areas and to announce a “ceasefire” as much as one yr to facilitate talks relating to their demand for a “separate administration”.