Former Mizoram CM Zoramthanga apprises central leaders about NDFB(P) meeting

AIZAWL: Former Mizoram chief minister Zoramthanga today said that he met central leaders during his recent visit to Delhi and apprised them of the meeting he held with leaders of the National Democratic Front of Bodoland (Progressive).

Zoramthanga told reporters that he met Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh, Minister of State for home Kiren Rijiju, National Security Adviser Ajit Kumar Doval and other senior Intelligence and home ministry officials on the issue.

"I arrived in Guwahati on December five and held talks with the NDFB (P) leaders and visited the designated camp the next day," the Mizo National Front (MNF) president said.

He said that he urged the central leadership to speed up the ongoing peace talks with the pro-talk faction of the Bodo miltant group led by Dhiren Boro as per the wishes of the NDFB (P).

"I also appealed to the Centre to initiate peace parleys with the outfits in the north east region with which no official negotiations have been initiated yet," the former underground leader said.

He said that he is not an official interlocutor representing either the Indian government nor the insurgent groups, but was acting as a go-between to create mutual trust between the two sides and also conducive atmosphere for talks.