IT News
Imphal, Nov 26
A day after the 18 member’s delegation of the Coordinating Committee on Manipur Integrity (COCOMI) met the Union Home Minister Amit Shah at New Delhi, the conglomerate of civil society bodies, which has been spearheading mass alert demonstration warning serious consequences to any solution of the NSCN-IM that affects the interest of the state, today released a press statement called on the people of the state for a consultative meet on November 29 to take a consensus decision. Meanwhile the COCOMI appealed people to continue the alert demonstration in a symbolic manner.
The statement released by media co-ordinator of COCOMI Jitendra Ningomba fails to clarify the doubt of the people on whether the Union Home Minister Amit Shah assurance should be taken into account or not but stated that the demand by COCOMI to give a written assurance has been denied as it was never done before.
The COCOMI’s statement said that to the demand for a written assurance, the General Secretary of BJP (Organisation) NL Santosh had stated that what more assurance is required when the Union Home Minister himself assured to the COCOMI that represent the civil bodies of the state in the presence of State government functionaries including Chief Minister of Manipur. The organization secretary of the BJP also threw the ball to COCOMI saying that the one that should convince the people is the COCOMI and the Government of the State.
During the meeting between the Union Home Minister Amit Shah and the COCOMI , Minister of State for Home Affairs G K Reddy, BJP Organisation Secretary BL Shantosh , Union Home Secretary Ajaykumar Bhalla, Joint Secy. (North East) MHA Satyendra Garh, Chief Minister of Manipur N. Biren Education Minister of Manipur Th. Radhesyam, MLA Shatyabratta and MLA L. Rameshor were also present.
A memorandum urging the Union Ministry not to affect the interest of the state of Manipur by the peace talk with NSCN-IM had been submitted. The statement by COCOMI said that the Union Home Minister Amit Shah had assured the COCOMI delegates that the ongoing peace talk with the NSCN-IM and its solution will in no way affect the Territorial integrity and the Administrative set up of the state of Manipur. If in case there is to be any changes to his words than he will consult it with the COCOMI , the government of Manipur and other representatives of the different political parties before doing so.