DIMAPUR, Sept 20 � A 10-member team of the NSCN-IM left here today for New Delhi on the invitation of the Government of India. NSCN-IM chairman Isak Chisi Swu and general secretary Thuingaleng Muivah are leading the team.
According to sources, the delegation will prepare for the formal talks with the Government of India in Delhi for about a week before the formal talks begin. The precise dates for the talks have not been revealed by the sources. �First we will arrive in Delhi and we will let you know,� said an NSCN-IM leader before departing for the national capital.
It is not clear if the NSCN-IM team will hold talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The sources refused to divulge details of the programme. �We have been invited by the Government of India for talks and so we are responding to it,� said another source in the NSCN-IM.
Speculations are rife that the delegation will hold talks with Narendra Modi. There have also been speculations that the team will start meeting with the new Interlocutor RN Ravi. But this is yet to be confirmed officially.
