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"The President has been kind enough to agree to issue a statement to the people (of Manipur) appealing for restoration of peace and normalcy," former deputy chief minister L Chandramani Singh told reporters after the hour-long meeting at Rashtrapati Bhavan.
He said the delegation of MPs and MLAs submitted a memorandum to the President seeking withdrawal of the ceasefire extension as 'a pre-requisite' for restoring peace in the state.
Singh claimed that Narayanan had assured them that he would send the memorandum to the Prime Minister.
Earlier, the delegation met top Nationalist Congress Party leader from the Northeast, P A Sangma, and briefed him about the recent developments in the region and the sentiments of the people about the ceasefire agreement.
The former Lok Sabha speaker assured them that he would take up the matter with the Centre.
"I would urge that the government do everything within its command not to open the Pandora's box of 'territory' even unwittingly," Sangma said in a statement, demanding talks with 'all aggrieved groups' on the matter.
However, Naga Students Union leaders, in a statement, said the ceasefire would mean cessation of hostilities to create a congenial atmosphere for political dialogue and it 'does not intend to take away anybody's land'.
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