Willing to talk with UNC to end blockade: Manipur CM Okram Ibobi Singh

Imphal: Manipur Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh said on Tuesday that he was ready for tripartite talks with the United Naga Council to end the crippling three-month-long economic blockade. The chief minister refuted Home Minister Rajnath Singh's charge that the blockade was a result of a "political conspiracy" hatched by the Congress government to divert attention from its "failures". On the Home Minister's statement that Congress government did not use central forces, Ibobi Singh said, "If you go there you will see that womenfolk threatened by the NSCN are sitting on the highway. Exuding confidence that the Congress will return to power with a thumping majority in the coming polls, the chief minister said BJP's "game plan" will fail in the elections.