DIMAPUR, JANUARY 16 (MExN): Nagaland State MP to the Lok Sabha, Neiphiu Rio today wrote to the Prime Minister of India apprising the latter of the crisis created in Nagaland due to construction of border fencing along the international boundary between India and Myanmar in the Naga inhabited areas.
The fence construction, the MP stated has disturbed social harmony and has potential to create a serious social and humanitarian crisis. “The masses have already objected and public demonstrations against the construction have been carried out. Civil society organisations, apex tribal bodies and civil society groups on both sides of the border have opposed the construction,” he informed.
The fencing work, he lamented is being executed without taking into consideration the sentiments and confidence of the local population. It needs to be stopped immediately or else a serious crisis is likely to erupt in the border regions, he cautioned.
As such, he urged the PM to intervene and “undo the construction of the border fencing so that we do not disturb the prevailing peace and harmony, which has held good for centuries.”
The Nagaland MP added that rich social fabric of the people in the fabric and the close ties across the border has always been a source of strength for both countries, and the presence of a common population on either side of the boundary has always been a genuine factor for unity and understanding between India and Myanmar.
India and Myanmar have no right to divide Nagaland: NNC
DIMAPUR, JANUARY 16 (MExN): The Naga National Council (NNC) today stated that India and Myanmar have no right to divide Nagaland between themselves and termed the border fencing as “nothing but contempt.” A press note from Retd General Thinoselie M Keyho, President, NNC stated that the “Naga people will never recognize the so called international border between India and Myanmar in Naga territory.” It stated that the border fencing in Khiumungam area is illegal and therefore demanded an immediate stop to it. It further asserted that the “friendship between India and Myanmar should not be at the cost of Naga National Rights.”
