Day: August 13, 2012

Dimapur, Aug 13 NNN: The NSCN faction headed by Kitovi and Khole (NSCN-Kitovi/Khole) said political observers both young and old in Nagaland and in mainland India and perhaps Naga sympathizers elsewhere must be perplexed and astonished at the manner Nagaland government and some Hoho leaders are eulogizing the new political conundrum called the Alternative Arrangement, which is clearly limited to the Naga areas of Manipur. “Is the Indo-Naga political issue a demand for Alternative arrangement?,” it asks. Yes, according Joint Legislative Forum (JLF) resolution 4 adopted on July 19 and also Nagaland Home Minster’s comment on August 2, stated the NSCN-Kitovi/Khole group.
“Naga ancestral land, be it in Burma, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam or Manipur, will always belong to the Naga people yet it is undeniable that in the last sixty years different political establishments and boundaries have been created without the consent of the Nagas which has taken deep roots.

Read more / Original news source: http://manipur-mail.com/nscn-on-aa/

Dimapur/Imphal, Aug 13: Chief minister of Nagaland Neiphiu Rio and Manipur chief minister O Ibobi Singh have taken up steps for the security of their respective state students in Mumbai, Pune and Bangalore following the series of attacks on the people of the North East region in Pune, Mumbai and elsewhere.
On Sunday, Manipur chief minister O Ibobi Singh had spoken to his Maharashtra counter parts for providing security to the students of Manipur while Monday, Nagaland chief minister Neiphiu Rio wrote to Union Home minister Sushil Kumar Shinde on the reports of students and people belonging to the north eastern region having been attacked in certain parts of the country including Mumbai, Pune and Bangalore etc.
Neiphiu rio’s letter to Sushil Kumar Shinde states, “I write this letter to you to express our serious concern at the reports of students and people belonging to the north eastern region having been attacked in certain parts of the country, including Mumbai, Pune and Bangalore etc. We have also received reports that some people from Nagaland have been asked by their landlords to vacate their rented premises on the fear that people from the North East Region are likely to be targeted by some groups of people who are aggrieved by the recent communal violence in lower parts of Assam. This situation has created an air of apprehension in the minds of the people of the North East now living in various parts of the mainland, and also amongst the people here. It goes without saying that there are bound to be undesirable repercussions if the situation is not handled in an urgent and firm manner, so as to reassure the safety of the people of North East and to maintain communal harmony and peaceful situation in the country.”

Read more / Original news source: http://manipur-mail.com/ibobi-rio-appeal-to-protect-ne-citizens/

Dimapur, Aug 13 NNN : The NSCN group headed by S.S Khaplang is dismayed at the “immature and one sided decision” of the Joint Legislators Forum (JLF) of the Nagaland Legislative Assembly (NLA) leaving out the other Naga political groups and going by the NSCN (IM) solution and not Naga solution.
“It is expected of the highly respected elected people’s representatives (MLAs) to go by the peoples mandate and not by a factional solution which is detrimental and will further create a rift between the different Naga political groups instead of bringing much coveted solution as they claimed for,” the NSCN-K said today.
The NSCN-K then said the outfit would like to ask the much adore leaders as to how much they have consulted other factions and its leaders before taking such a step which involves the world’s longest running conflict. The legislators are also expected not to favour any faction but to take into confidence all the parties involved as all the Naga political groups (factions) who are fighting for the same goal of Naga sovereignty which is equally dear to every Naga, the NSCN group led by S.S Khaplang added. It then stated, on its part, the NSCN K under no circumstances will be a part of any solution coming out of the 60 Legislatures so-called paving a way for solution for any sort of so-called interim arrangement sought by the legislators from New Delhi recently as reported in the media. Moreover, the NSCN under the leadership of S S. Khaplang will never accept anything less than sovereignty as stated by its chairman recently and will reject any solution other than sovereignty solution, the outfit affirmed.
“Further, Eastern Naga National Workers Association (ENNWA) questions the wisdom of the 20 elected members from the Eastern Nagaland in taking part in the wrong and biased decision basing on just one faction interests leaving aside the views and opinions of NSCN K.

Read more / Original news source: http://manipur-mail.com/nscn-k-unhappy-as-jlf-toying-nscn-im-line/