Imphal Aug UNA : The United Naga Council (UNC) has called a 48 hours total bandh and would be observed in Naga areas from the midnight of 11th August, 2013 to midnight of 13th August, 2013 and the Naga people will abstain from participation in the 66th Indian Independence Day celebration.
The UNC has not received a response from the Government of India (GoI) to the submission of the UNC dated 15th July, 2013 for indicating the date for the next round (6th) of tripartite talk of the GoI, Government of Manipur (GoM) and the Nagas on the demand for an alternative arrangement outside the GoM was taken up among other agenda in the meeting of the Presidential Council of the UNC held at Tahamzam on last 5th August, 2013.
The Council meeting which was also attended by all the Regional and Naga frontal organisations took strong exception to the lack of respect for the democratic process of dialogue by the GoI and the GoM which had been put in place at the instance of the GoI. While it has been placed on record by the UNC team in the tripartite talks that the GoI and the GoM must be respectful of the democratic process of dialogue and avoid delays in taking it forward, the delay in convening the 6th round of talk even after lapse of more than 5 months since the last talk, which concluded with assurance for convening the next round .
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