The current SoO term expired on August 22 but as principal secretary of Manipur, Suresh Babu is on leave the formal signing for the extension yet to be done. The principal secretary is to take the initiative as a formality for any tripartite meeting involving either KNO or UPF with Manipur Government and New Delhi.
Meanwhile, a well placed source from UPF informed Newmai News Network today that principal secretary had told the outfit that he will inform them to come straight to New Delhi any day for the tripartite meeting. The UPF expects that the tripartite meeting is likely to take place in this week.
On the other hand, a KNO source said the outfit was informed from certain quarters that the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) had already intimated the Manipur Government that the SoO was 'already extended' with the outfit except for the formality.
It can be noted here that both the leaders of KNO and UPF had met Union Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju in New Delhi last week. The Minister had reportedly assured both the groups that the Government would soon initiate political dialogues. Following this assurance, both KNO and UPF had agreed to extend the SoO after it expires on August 22.
Defence Secretary of Kuki National Organisation (KNO) T.S. Haokip had met Union Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju on August 16 in New Delhi and had discussed on the much hyped commencement of the political dialogue between the two parties in the near future. Few days before that, the UPF leaders too were assured by the Union minister for the starting of
dialogue.