The body stated, “ We, the undersigned present this memorandum, fortified by rationale and factual underpinning, beseeching your attention to a matter of paramount significance, the necessity for orchestrating a referendum amongst the Zo tribal village chieftains, with the explicit aim of elucidating their path forward”.
While all substantive issues had been amicably resolved after "prolonged and assiduous negotiations spanning a decade and a half", latest developments since May 3 had disrupted it, costing more than 150 lives and causing forcible displacement of more than 50,000 people, Zomi Chiefs Association in Manipur said.
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