Kohima, October 14 (MExN): The Tenyimi community today said that the Naga groups need to dialogue and without terms to dictate on one another. The Tenyimi Peoples’ Organization (TPO) convened a consultative meeting with its constituent units and civil society leaders from the Tenyimi community at the Conclave Conference Hall, LCS building here today.
The meeting deliberated on various issues including the ongoing Naga reconciliation process, encroachment inside the Ntangki National Park and the demand for alternative administrative arrangement by the Nagas in the present state of Manipur.
On the ongoing Naga reconciliation process, the members present expressed happiness at the ‘relatively peaceful environment’ following the cessation of animosity and killing among the “brothers.” The meeting stressed on the need to render full support to the reconciliation process that was initiated by the Forum for Naga Reconciliation.
Moreover, the meeting also strongly felt the need for the collective leaders of the Naga underground groups to come together and reconcile with each other and that no group should try to dictate term on others. If the ongoing reconciliation process failed, the meeting expressed fear that there would be more factions and killing among the Nagas.
On the unabated encroachment inside Ntangki National Park, the meeting strongly felt that protection of the national park is the bounden duty of the Nagaland state government. It should be protected by the state government ‘for posterity’ and that the encroachers should be evicted immediately. If the state government failed, the Tenyimi should chalk out its own plan to evict the encroachers, it was decided.
Earlier, TPO president Z M Sekhose expressed pain and concern for the long suffering and suppression of “the Naga brothers” for the last many years in Manipur.
Terming as ‘genuine’ the recent demand of the Nagas in Manipur for a separate alternative arrangement from the government of India, he appealed to the Tenyimi community to fully support and extend all possible help ‘to the demand.’
