UKHRUL : After more than five decades, NSCN-IM leader Thuingaleng Muivah will set foot on Somdal village, his birthplace, in Manipur ’s Ukhrul district on Wednesday in what is being seen as a significant trip to the region roiled by ethnic clashes since May 2023. Muivah, 91, will arrive by helicopter from Dimapur, landing at Bakshi Ground in Hungpung before addressing a public gathering in Ukhrul. He will then proceed to Somdal for a week-long stay, returning via Senapati on Oct 29. Due to poor road conditions, he will be flown directly to his village, about 25 km west from Ukhrul district headquarters. Muivah, who spent four decades in the jungles leading an armed struggle for Naga independence and living in countries such as Thailand and the Netherlands, has been engaged in pea

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