Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh thanked
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah for the peace
agreement between the Centre and United National Liberation Front (UNLF).
Addressing reporters, CM Singh said, “I
would like to thank Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his initiative to restore
peace in Manipur and the entire Northeast.”
The Manipur CM expressed his gratitude
to Shah for his “relentless efforts” to bring peace in the State and the region
and informed that “under his initiative, this agreement was signed.”
CM Biren Singh thanks the “members and
cadres of UNLF for the peace agreement”, adding that such a milestone “could
not have been reached without the support of people.”
The Centre had signed a peace agreement
with the UNLF, Manipur’s oldest militant organisation, under which the rebel
group has agreed to renounce violence, on Wednesday.
The development comes days after the ban
on the group under the stringent Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA)
was extended for five years earlier this month.
Representatives of the UNLF signed the
agreement in Delhi with senior officials of the Home Affairs Ministry and the Manipur
Government.
PTI
