Arunachal Christian Forum offers to mediate talks between state government and Siang farmers’ group

The Arunachal Christian Forum (ACF), a confederation of churches in the north-eastern Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh, has written to Chief Minister Pema Khandu urging the state government to hold talks with the Siang Indigenous Farmers Forum (SIFF), a group leading local opposition to the proposed Siang Upper Multipurpose Project (SUMP). The forum has offered to broker the first round.