A snub for Manipur Chief Minister and a warm welcome to Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram by young people on the streets of Ukhrul during Chidambaram’s visit on May 11
Dimapur, May 12 (MExN): Naga organizations in Manipur today reiterated their demand to the Home Minister of India P Chidambaram for total ‘alternative arrangement’ away from Manipur state. “…we are making this submission to reiterate that the Nagas in Manipur will accept nothing short of an alternative arrangement outside the state of Manipur. We further strongly urge your good self to expedite the process for putting the same in place, so that the principles of democracy and Justice are assured to the Nagas,” the letter addressed to the Home Minister stated.
United Naga Council, Naga People’s Organisation, Committee for Alternative Arrangement, Tangkhul Naga Long, Chandel Naga Peoples’ Organisation, Zeliangrong Baudi (Assam, Manipur, Nagaland). Naga Women’s Union, All Naga Students’ Association Manipur, Naga Peoples Movement for Human Rights appended the letter. The organizations referred to “our meeting” on December 15, 2010 at Raj Bhavan in Imphal, wherein the minister “had expressed happiness over the successful holding of the captioned tripartite talk on the 3rd December, 2010 at Tahamzam (Senapati).” ‘We had agreed to the tripartite talk in deference to your request for the earnest pursuit of solution to the issue raised in our memorandum dated 14th September, 2010 submitted to the Government of India,’ the organizations stated.
The Home minister is said to have “expressed satisfaction over the fact that views, arguments, and positions of the two parties, i.e. Nagas in Manipur and the Government of Manipur, had been put across in front of the government of India.”
The minister also assured that the Union Home Ministry would be directed to arrange the next round of talk at an early date on your return to Delhi, the letter said.
The organizations stated, “Although 5 months have elapsed since then, no intimation on the next round of talk has been received from the government of India. May we remind your good office that the demand for alternative arrangement was forced upon by the communal Government of Manipur’s hegemonic misrule of the tribals, including the Nagas, and compounded by the deliberate disregard of the Government of India to the exploitation of the tribals despite persistent appeals and protests. The continued political misrule requires a political solution through Alternative Arrangement and not one of developmental appeasement.”
The letter said the initiative for tripartite talk proposed by the minister had reinforced ‘confidence in the democratic process and fairness of the Government of India towards finding a peaceful solution’.
“It had kept in check the injured sentiments of the Nagas in Manipur from exploding with unpredictable consequences,” the letter said.
The “utter lack of response from the Government of India resulting in delay in convening the next round of talk has led to a political limbo for the Nagas in Manipur which does not augur well given the delicate political and social realities obtaining at the ground level,” it added.
United Naga Council, Naga People’s Organisation, Committee for Alternative Arrangement, Tangkhul Naga Long, Chandel Naga Peoples’ Organisation, Zeliangrong Baudi (Assam, Manipur, Nagaland). Naga Women’s Union, All Naga Students’ Association Manipur, Naga Peoples Movement for Human Rights appended the letter. The organizations referred to “our meeting” on December 15, 2010 at Raj Bhavan in Imphal, wherein the minister “had expressed happiness over the successful holding of the captioned tripartite talk on the 3rd December, 2010 at Tahamzam (Senapati).” ‘We had agreed to the tripartite talk in deference to your request for the earnest pursuit of solution to the issue raised in our memorandum dated 14th September, 2010 submitted to the Government of India,’ the organizations stated.
The Home minister is said to have “expressed satisfaction over the fact that views, arguments, and positions of the two parties, i.e. Nagas in Manipur and the Government of Manipur, had been put across in front of the government of India.”
The minister also assured that the Union Home Ministry would be directed to arrange the next round of talk at an early date on your return to Delhi, the letter said.
The organizations stated, “Although 5 months have elapsed since then, no intimation on the next round of talk has been received from the government of India. May we remind your good office that the demand for alternative arrangement was forced upon by the communal Government of Manipur’s hegemonic misrule of the tribals, including the Nagas, and compounded by the deliberate disregard of the Government of India to the exploitation of the tribals despite persistent appeals and protests. The continued political misrule requires a political solution through Alternative Arrangement and not one of developmental appeasement.”
The letter said the initiative for tripartite talk proposed by the minister had reinforced ‘confidence in the democratic process and fairness of the Government of India towards finding a peaceful solution’.
“It had kept in check the injured sentiments of the Nagas in Manipur from exploding with unpredictable consequences,” the letter said.
The “utter lack of response from the Government of India resulting in delay in convening the next round of talk has led to a political limbo for the Nagas in Manipur which does not augur well given the delicate political and social realities obtaining at the ground level,” it added.
