Dimapur, Sept 4 (MExN): In the backdrop of landownership claims from various sections following the ‘Jalukie Zangdi’ arson, the Angami Public Organization today issued a statement iterating that no other tribes existed, except the Angamis and the Zeliangrongs, in the affected area. The APO has also made clear that “no government worth its name” should indulge in razing houses of the people.
The APO executives in the statement mentioned that the Angamis and the Zeliangrongs are immediate neighbors “from the days of yore.” “As far as land possession in Nagaland is concerned the two tribes of Angami and Zeliangrong were immediate neighbors from the days of yore, having common boundaries and no other tribe ever existed in between the Angami tribe and the Zeliangrong tribe from the pre-British Indian time till today” the APO stated in a press communiqué issued by its President Mhiesizokho Zinyu, Vice-President T.L Angami, Assistant General Secretary Mhasivilie Nagi and Secretary Administration Ruokuoheu Miachieo. The apex Angami organization reminded that there has never been any “un-possessed” land such as “no-man’s land” in the Naga country.
The APO also registered its ‘grievous concern’ over the razing of 30 houses in Jalukie Zangdi village at the behest of the NSCN-IM’s “ministry” of kilo affairs on August 28 in connection with the land dispute between villagers of Jalukie Zangdi and Munglamukh. The organization has extended full support to the memorandum served to the NSCN-IM by the Zeliangrong community. “The APO is of the strong opinion that no government worth its name should indulge in the burning down of the houses of citizens” it stated.
The organization further expressed condemnation of what it stated was “atrocity” perpetrated upon citizens taking out a rally. It decried ‘the manner in which the district administration deployed IRB forces to suppress citizens who were seeking redress of grievances through peaceful means.’
The APO had met today in an emergency meeting where the aforementioned points of resolution were adopted.
