Manipur urges Mizoram CM Lalduhoma to be a ‘good neighbour’, senses ‘greater agenda’ | Latest News India
The Manipur government on Friday night hit out at Mizoram Chief Minister Lalduhoma, asking him to show “better statesmanship” by being a “good neighbour” rather than stoking the fire of “hatred and division” through “unwarranted comments”. Manipur CM N Biren Singh (ANI)(HT_PRINT) In a statement, the state government said that India must be wary of the “greater agenda of carving a Kuki-Chin Christian nation” out of contiguous areas of Myanmar, India and Bangladesh, played out over decades of meticulous planning. It said it will not allow fragmentation of Northeast India at the behest of foreign vested interests, or “secessionist interests as openly espoused by the Mizoram CM”. “Mizoram CM reveals his democratic credentials by espousing imposition of President’s Rule in Manipur while opposing boundary fencing of the Indo-Myanmar international border. He also calls for reunification of the Zo people. He also talks about possibility of armed militias in Manipur pointing their guns at Delhi and need for disarming, and sincere negotiations with hill leaders,” it said. The Manipur government’s statement came in the backdrop of …

