Joint Secretary ENPO Manlep Konyak addressing the gathering during the mass public rally of Eastern Naga People Organisation on demand of Frontier Nagaland at the police point Kiphire on September 20. (Morung Photo)
Kiphire | September 20 : Except offices under essential services and maintenance act, business establishment were all shut down at Kiphire to join the second phase of the mass public rally of Eastern Naga People Organisation (ENPO) on demand of Frontier Nagaland today at the police point Kiphire.
Addressing more than 4000 crowd, Joint Secretary ENPO Manlep Konyak said, we are gathering here today not against state government or group or faction or organisation but we are here to search for what is ours, our birth right and also added, state government has also acknowledged our problem and has recommended for autonomous, however, that will not solve the problem what we want is full-fledged state he added.
He also said, “State government recommended for autonomous council for the Eastern Naga is against the wishes of the Eastern people as it is far below the status of the Tuensang Regional Council and we ENPO firmly denounce and outrageously rejected it.”
Touching on history of the Eastern Nagas the Joint Secretary said, neither Burma nor India nor British ruled us we were free people what we want today is asking a room for us to grow as free people so that we develop ourselves’.
Quoting the scripture he also said, ‘if a son ask bread will his father give him a stone, and if he ask a fish will he give him a snake and expressed hope that the State and central government will extend help for ENPO cause so that the long cherished dream of the ENPO will be achieved.
Vice President ENSF Likhumse who also addressed the gathering said, ‘the demand for separate statehood is based on constitutional and historical right of the Eastern Nagas and added, the people of eastern Nagas were deprived, suppressed and denied for the last 50 years socially, economically, developmentally and educationally so the culmination of all this made the people of the Eastern Nagas to demand for separate statehood.
Citing example of employment status of the Eastern Nagas in the state the vice president said, only 5% of the ENPO people from 6 tribes are employed which is far below the employment of single tribe.
He also asked the gathering not to be carried away by the views and opinion that is being poured in from various angles to sabotage the public movement for separate statehood but to stand firm and united’.
Thsesong President Yimchunger Tribal Council, President AST, Hd Gb Kiphire and others who spoke on the rally echoed the same voice to demand for separate statehood and affirm fullest co-operation.
The gathering latter marched to the deputy commissioner’s office and hand over the public representation opposing Autonomous council by the state government.
Addressing more than 4000 crowd, Joint Secretary ENPO Manlep Konyak said, we are gathering here today not against state government or group or faction or organisation but we are here to search for what is ours, our birth right and also added, state government has also acknowledged our problem and has recommended for autonomous, however, that will not solve the problem what we want is full-fledged state he added.
He also said, “State government recommended for autonomous council for the Eastern Naga is against the wishes of the Eastern people as it is far below the status of the Tuensang Regional Council and we ENPO firmly denounce and outrageously rejected it.”
Touching on history of the Eastern Nagas the Joint Secretary said, neither Burma nor India nor British ruled us we were free people what we want today is asking a room for us to grow as free people so that we develop ourselves’.
Quoting the scripture he also said, ‘if a son ask bread will his father give him a stone, and if he ask a fish will he give him a snake and expressed hope that the State and central government will extend help for ENPO cause so that the long cherished dream of the ENPO will be achieved.
Vice President ENSF Likhumse who also addressed the gathering said, ‘the demand for separate statehood is based on constitutional and historical right of the Eastern Nagas and added, the people of eastern Nagas were deprived, suppressed and denied for the last 50 years socially, economically, developmentally and educationally so the culmination of all this made the people of the Eastern Nagas to demand for separate statehood.
Citing example of employment status of the Eastern Nagas in the state the vice president said, only 5% of the ENPO people from 6 tribes are employed which is far below the employment of single tribe.
He also asked the gathering not to be carried away by the views and opinion that is being poured in from various angles to sabotage the public movement for separate statehood but to stand firm and united’.
Thsesong President Yimchunger Tribal Council, President AST, Hd Gb Kiphire and others who spoke on the rally echoed the same voice to demand for separate statehood and affirm fullest co-operation.
The gathering latter marched to the deputy commissioner’s office and hand over the public representation opposing Autonomous council by the state government.
