DIMAPUR, DEC 20 (MExN): The General Secretary, South Nagas Union of Nagaland State (SNUNS) on behalf of the union has congratulated the United Naga Council (UNC), Manipur team for their successful trip to New Delhi under the dynamic leadership of Puni Modoli, President UNC.
C.D.Pao, General Secretary SNUNS stated that the UNC has taken the right steps at the right time and added, “this is the aspiration of the Naga people in Manipur in particular and Nagas in general”. Nagas in Manipur state are living in their own land since time immemorial which was given by God stated Pao and added that the Nagas never occupied others land. Asserting that land and people are inseparable, he stated, “The land where they (Nagas) are living belongs to them and them alone”. While pointing out the rights of the Nagas to be independent and to live together in their own land according to their will and aspiration, he stated that there could not be any compromise on the issue of unification of all Naga inhabited areas.
Stating that it was up to the centre to take appropriate step now, to bring about solution acceptable to all, Pao stated, “Otherwise none of the insurgencies in the North-East could be addressed through peaceful means”.
The SNUNS while conveying their sincere gratitude to Mani Charenamai, MP for his service to the Naga people and the role played in the Indian Parliament and in the UNC team at New Delhi, stated, ‘Naga people need true and real leader like him at this juncture’.
