Newmai News Network Imphal | October 20 Okram Ibobi Singh, Chief Minister of Manipur, slammed his Nagaland counterpart TR Zeliang on Thursday for making "anti-national remarks" here during a programme. Zeliang was in Senapati district yesterday to attend a conference of Naga villages as the chief guest where it was resolved to defend land rights of the Nagas. At the event, the Nagaland CM said the land inhibited by Nagas were never part of the erstwhile Meitei kingdom, adding, the land of Nagas were later brought under the geographical boundary of Manipur by the British for administrative conveniences. "Nagas will have to derecognise artificial boundaries drawn across their ancestral land," Zeliang told the conference. Reacting to this, O Ibobi Singh said, "Unlike Manipur, Nagaland was never a nation. The neighbouring state was carved out from Assam in the course of time." Ibobi was speaking at a function to open Mahatma Gandhi NREGA Mela-2016 and inauguration of SIRD Complex at Porompat here. Ibobi criticised TR Zeliang for allegedly attempting to incite hatred among communities of Manipur while delivering his speech at the Naga villages conference during which the Framework Agreement inked between the Government of India and NSCN (IM) on August 3 last year was deliberated. "Zeliang needs to go through the history of Manipur which was never a part of India," Ibobi said. He said the state of Nagaland is run by organisations which are "power mongers." The Manipur CM continued to attack on TR Zeliang and said the Nagaland CM's Manipur visit was to to create wedge between different ethnic groups. The Manipur unit of BJP today sought a criminal case against Nagaland Chief Minister TR Zeliang for "attempting to tear apart Manipur into pieces." The programme held near Kangpokpi under the banner of "South Nagaland" was something that needs to be condemned, senior Manipur BJP spokesperson O joy Singh told a press meet at the party office. The veteran politician said a criminal case should be taken against the Nagaland CM who was trying to incite hatred among the Manipur communities with intent to disintegrate the state. In a recent visit to the state, National BJP President Amit Shah assured not an inch of its territory would be allowed to cede. ‘Anti-incumbency worries Congress’ Imphal, October 20 (IANS): The anti-incumbency factor is worrying the ruling Congress in Manipur, Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh has said. Ibobi Singh, who has been in power for three consecutive terms, said the anti-incumbency feelings may tilt the balance in the January assembly polls. The Congress leader admitted to IANS in an interview that there appeared to be a gap between the performance of the Congress government in Manipur and the expectations of the people. "If our party can overcome this factor, it will win at least 50 seats in the 60-member house," he said. "In 2002, we got 20 seats and 31 in 2007. We created a political record in the state by winning 42 seats in 2012. "This time we are expecting about 38 seats, even after conceding the anti-incumbency factor. However it is for the voters to decide," he added. Asked about the resignation of three Congress MLAs to join the BJP, he said the development was of no consequence. "All of them had been ministers for over 10 years. Perhaps they were not happy as they were dropped from the ministry. But four Trinamool MLAs have joined us a few days back." The Chief Minister admitted that there were some lapses in the police recruitment tests. This is why the government cancelled the test results and held fresh tests. He added that the appointment of ranking officials had been entrusted to Manipur Public Service Commission.