Newmai News Network
Senapati | January 31
The All Naga Students’ Association, Manipur (ANSAM) expressed concern over the mushrooming of various organizations taking the nomenclature of ‘Manipur Naga’ in recent times purportedly portraying as organization (s) representing the entire Nagas in the Manipur state.
In a press statement, the ANSAM maintained that any organization so formed using the name of ‘Manipur Naga’ does not represent the mandate and opinion of Naga people living in the state of Manipur other than the aged old established organizations such as the United Naga Council (UNC), the Naga Women Union (NWU) and the All Naga Students’ Association, Manipur (ANSAM).”
The ANSAM reminded that Nagas have their own due process of forming organizations or a common platform wherein the strength and mandate derive from the grassroots- villages to ranges, ranges to tribes and tribes to an apex common platform “which is a pyramidal in nature.”
As such, any likeminded group cannot represent the mandate of the community in any form and should refrain from poking its fingers on the issues pertaining to a common concern that can cause serious political implications to the community at large at this crucial juncture, the Naga student body added.
