‘Let Isak and Muivah reply to Gen Kholi’

DIMAPUR, SEPT 18 (MExN): Pointing out that both NSCN (K) Chairman SS Khaplang and Commander-in-Chief Gen Kholi Konyak are contemporaries of Isak Chishi Swu and Th Muivah, Senior NSCN (K) Kilonser Athrom Konyak as such while responding to the NSCN (IM) reply to Gen Kholi’s statement, requested that as contemporaries, Isak and Muivah should give reply to what Gen Kholi has written. “Let them reject, accept or comment on the statement of Gen Kholi Konyak. Those who are writing blindly against the writing of one of the surviving senior most freedom fighters should be ashamed of their positions in and contribution to the National cause”, Kilonser Athrom stated in a press communiqué adding that “not to talk of the length of their services, but even their ages are not even half of the length of Gen Kholi’s national service”.

While admitting that from the educational point of view, Isak and Muivah are far more qualified than Khaplang and Kholi, “but in national service SS Khaplang and Gen Kholi are much senior to Isak and Th Muivah”. “In age they are almost equal”, the Kilonser added.

In regard to the crimes and split of the NSCN in 1988, the Kilonser pointed out that there are still hundreds of eye witnesses of the happenings in 1988 in the NSCN under SS Khaplang while claiming that there may be only two or three persons in the NSCN (IM) who were present during the 1988 crisis. “All those so called leaders in the I-K set up were on the western part of Nagaland during the time of the crisis viz Angelus Shimrah, Rh Raising, Khoyo Hurray, A. Puni etc. Only VS Atem came to eastern sector only during the later part of the crisis”, Kilonser Athrom stated while pointing out that what the NSCN (IM) leaders were talking about (crisis) are only “hearsay and tell tale without knowing the facts and figures”. Then who is the competent and rightful person to respond or comment on the statement of Gen Kholi Konyak?” the Kilonser stated and instead wanted that NSCN (IM) Chairman and the General Secretary were the right persons and in the best position to reply to Gen Kholi.