Overview

• NSCN(IM) leader Th Muivah, 91, is expected to visit his native Somdal in Manipur’s Ukhrul district on October 22.
• Village authorities, student bodies, civil society groups and the church are coordinating prayer services, cultural rehearsals and public gatherings.
• Locals have put up welcome posters, and officials say he is likely to stay about a week before returning to Dimapur, Nagaland.
• Several organisations, including Meitei Leepun, the Zomi Reunification Organisation and the UKLF under a suspension of operations, have welcomed the visit.
• The planned homecoming follows a thwarted 2010 attempt when the then Manipur government blocked his entry, triggering protests and security deployments at the Nagaland border.