Dimapur, November 18 (MExN): The Naga Support Group (NSG), UK through its Information Service Secretary Mrs. K.S.Esther issued a statement responding to the NSCN (K) statement that distortingly clubbed NSG, UK President Professor Timothy Kaping as ‘so called President of NISC’ which was carried in one of the local dailies on November 18 edition under the caption ‘Daring acts of IK (NSCN-IM) men’.
Clarifying that the Naga International Support Centre (NISC) is a well-established human rights organization based in the Netherlands whereas NSG, UK is a tiny support group based in Great Britain. The statement asserted that ‘Though the NISC and the NSG-UK maintain a cordial friendship, they are completely independent from each other’ and that Jacques de Kort, a well-known and well-respected Dutch human rights campaigner, heads the Naga International Support Centre (NISC) as its President, and not Professor Kaping who is the President of the Naga Support Group-UK (NSG-UK) as alleged by the NSCN (K).
The NSG,UK rejoinder further mentions that ‘no Naga community has ever issued any quit notice to another Naga community since time immemorial’ and that ‘The shameless and self-defeating quit notice(was) issued to the Tangkhuls by the NSCN(K) whom they labeled as - Khaplang Terrorist Gang (KTG)- from Burmese-occupied Nagalim at the behest of the cunning UNLF of Kangleipak.’
‘There are over forty-five Naga communities in Nagalim and all of them have their apex bodies, including the APO, CPO, Memei Council, Zeliangrong Baudi, Sumi Hoho, Lotha Hoho, Konyak Union and Ao Senden’ and that ‘Every sane Naga knows for sure that not a single community endorses the UNLF-inspired quit notice of the KTG’ the statement maintained.
Making mention of the news item carried in one of the local dailies, the NSG,UK stated that the letter reflects the ugly design of conspiring to bring bad name to the Konyak community by intentionally putting the name of one Athrong Konyak’. The statement also alleged the KTG of ‘desperately trying to make the Nagas fight with the Asomiyas and the Kuki brothers.’
The Naga Support Group, UK contended that this kind of criminal plan will never succeed, for the citizens of Nagalim are not completely unaware and that ‘Nagas want JustPeace and very good relationship with their neighbours.’
