GUWAHATI The ethnic conflict in Manipur has impacted a peace process with an extremist outfit in Meghalaya. The tripartite peace talks among the Centre, the Meghalaya government, and the outlawed Hynniewtrep National Liberation Council were to have formally begun in the first week of June. “The Centre is serious about initiating the peace process, which should start once the situation …
The banned Hynniewtrep National Liberation Council, involved in a series of blasts in Meghalaya over a year, has announced it is ready for unconditional peace talks.Saiñkupar Nongtraw, the outfit’s general secretary, issued a statement on Tuesday to “give peace a chance once again” less than a week after Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K. Sangma told HNLC that it should not …