Tseminyu, October 11 (MExN): The Rengma Hoho has re-appealed to the Nagaland State Government to consider their demand for a ‘Tseminyu district.’
A press release from Kenyuseng Tep, President of the Rengma Hoho, stated today that the Rengma people have been ‘snubbed and betrayed’ since the inception of Nagaland State.
In an earlier memorandum to the Chief Minister of Nagaland, the Rengma Hoho had mentioned how the Rengma people had contributed and taken initiatives to push for the political and historical rights of the Naga people, apart from their involvement in every political development that resulted in the creation of the Nagaland State. “Rengmas deserve due recognition and equal treatment. Our demand is not for political and social polarization but it is inherent right which cannot be denied,” stated the Rengma Hoho. It reiterated that the Rengma was one among “five major tribes” that were at the forefront of upholding Naga rights.
The Rengma “honesty and fairness in upholding the unity and integrity of the Nagas” as well as their “sincere effort in maintaining a brotherhood with other Nagas should not be construed as ignorance and weakness,” maintained the Rengma Hoho.
With “full confidence” in the present DAN government under the leadership of TR Zelaing and Dr. Shurhozelie to “to take up our issue at the level of their authority to deliver justice to the demand of the Rengmas at the earliest,” the Rengma Hoho hoped that “their leadership and true statesmanship will not overlook our genuine demand.”
