Namthahjang RVA denies meeting RNCM, Noney

By A Staff Reporter

IMPHAL | Sept 24

Namthanjang Rongmei Village Authority (NRVA) today denied the alleged meeting between Rongmei Naga Council Manipur, Noney and Namthanjang villagers at Hotel Imphal on September 9 was false and said that none of the villagers were present at the meeting.

One of the members of NRVA, K. Thangonglung told reporters at Manipur Press Club that none of the Namthanjang villagers attended the meeting happened at Hotel Imphal in the presence of Adim Pamei, vice-chairperson of State Disaster Management Authority, Johnson Meitei, SDO Kangchup-Geljang and head clerk of Kangchup-Geljang.

Thangonglung alleged that Kahodin Kamei, area organiser of RNCM has no authority to report anything with regard to the meeting which was held at Khonglong village before the said meeting at Hotel Imphal. He added that the issues involved are different and that none of the villagers also sent a letter to the SDO.

It may be mentioned that Namthanjang village had a standoff with two of their former village headmen in 2016 as they were allegedly found to have misused MGNREGA funds of around Rs. 43 lakhs and then escaped the village. They were Makudinang Riamei (55 years) and R. Katangnam (85 y), both sons of (L) Thangaolung Riamei. They also had a case of allgedly selling village lands of Khaima Lamjang for only Rs.30,000 without the permission of the other village authorities.

A negotiation could not be brought till now even after the intervention of Adim Pamei, vice-chairperson of State Disaster Management Authority, and the recent negotiation that happened at Hotel Imphal was condemned by the Namthanjang villagers.

The Namthanjang Rongmei village, Kangpokpi district, urged the concerned authorities to intervene into the conduct of Kahodin Kamei and to take up necessary actions against him in the interest of justice, he added.