Hectic preparations are underway in Manipur’s Naga-inhabited Ukhrul and Senapati districts, with just a day to go for the long-awaited homecoming of NSCN-IM General Secretary Thuingaleng Muivah.

Nonagenarian Naga leader Muivah, also the Ato Kilonser (Prime Minister) of the Isak-Muivah faction of the National Socialist Council of Nagalim (NSCN-IM), will visit his birthplace at Somdal village in Ukhrul district on October 22 for the first time in 50 years.

Preparations in Ukhrul town and his native village, Somdal, have reached their final stages.

An official in Ukhrul district said Muivah will arrive at the district headquarters on Wednesday by helicopter from Nagaland’s Dimapur and will be greeted by the Tangkhul Naga people in traditional and customary style.

After the programme at th

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