Dimapur, October 29 (MExN): Urging it to call what is wrong, a wrong, the NSCN-K and the non-accordist FGN are given a 30-days deadline by the Chakhesang youths and students to “deliver justice” in the case of the October 3 killing of four persons, which included a students’ leader of the Chakhesang Students’ Union.
A Chakhesang Students’ Union and Chakhesang Youth Front letter addressed to so-stated “home minister” of the NSCN-K and FGN (non-accordist), reminded the underground outfits that justice should prevail over wrongs. “…should wrong be justified, it would only nailed the coffin of the organizations and people’s movements” the CYF advised. Mention may be made here that CSU’s games & sports secretary Vechikho Puro, VEC chairman Kuzhongoyo Puro and a former NSCN-IM leacy Kevetso Kezo and “2nd lieutenant” Avo Kezo were shot dead on October 3 in Kohima. A NPF youth wing vice president, Beduvo Vero, was also seriously injured.
The letter was issued through Vevoyi D Vadeo and Mudovoyo Vero, presidents of CSU and CYF respectively. The letter reminded of the killings, subsequent condemnation of the killing of innocents and the justification offered by one Thepuvezo of the NSCN-K Chakhesang region. The CSU and CYF slammed the justification as outrageously malicious and ‘only vitiates the issue.’ Impressing upon the sake of natural justice and goodwill, the underground outfits were asked by the Chakhesang youths to tackle the issue with tact and ‘justice.’
The youths said they are devastated by the factional killing, where youths and students have become the heaviest casualty. Factional killings have only destroyed the people and no faction can stand proud of having killed a fellow Naga, the Chakhesang youths reminded. “…we the students and the youth can never understand why innocent students and youths have to be coldly mowed down by automatic weapons for the simple fact of sitting in the same car with a faction cadre. Reason fails as to why armed faction cadres have to kill anyone who may be around a perceived enemy of another faction” the youths questioned.
“I the first place, no Naga is an enemy of our Naga nation. It is only perception and reason that has brought about this self-destruction and disastrously the Naga factions are vitiating it relentlessly” the youths lamented. “Any underground organization or government that does not value Naga lives is not a Naga nationalist organization…” it reminded.
Giving the two outfits a thirty-day time from the date of submission, for justice, the Chakhesang youth community gave them a reminder not to let injustice erode the sacred pledge of faith and allegiance. “Let justice not be crushed by guns and blind fury...” it stated.
