DIMAPUR, AUGUST 30 (MExN): The fall out among the Naga Hoho leadership over the joint declaration made by its president and the UNC on the Naga political issue continue to drag on.
On Thursday, a open letter by Naga Hoho president, Chuba Ozukum and others claimed that the joint statement declared on August 23 at Senapati was made solely for the people of Manipur considering the demands of the situation and political scenario and not for any other Naga areas within and outside Nagaland.
In an open letter to Naga Hoho general secretary, Mutsikhoyo Yhobu, and information and publicity secretary, C Daipao, Ozukum said the joint declaration was not a unilateral decision as accused of but signed in the presence of vice president (admn) HK Zhimomi, vice president (political), Samson Remei, assembly secretary, K Elu Ndang and cultural & customary affairs secretary, Mhonchumo Lotha.
The open letter which was appended by HK Zhimomi, Samson Remei and Mhonchumo Lotha besides Ozukum said the Senapati declaration was made in the best interest of Nagas in Manipur in presence of hundreds of people from different walks of life and all stakeholders. It also termed as ‘beyond comprehension’ and ‘against the stand of the Southern Nagas’ that Naga Hoho information & publicity secretary, C. Daipao, who hails from Poumai tribe would be questioning its president for signing the declaration, while adding that this issue would be left to the wisdom of UNC and its federating units to decide on the matter.
