Giving information, the Union Home Ministry said that the government has constituted a peace committee in Manipur under the leadership of the Governor, whose members will include political leaders including the Chief Minister. The Ministry of Home Affairs has said that the role of the Manipur Peace Committee will help in the peace process, talks, negotiations between the opposing groups. The members of the peace committee include the Chief Minister, some state government ministers, MPs, MLAs and leaders of various political parties. Former civil servants, educationists, litterateurs, artists, social workers and representatives of various ethnic groups have also been included in the committee.