Dimapur, Oct 16 (MExN): The NSCN-K maintained that there is “nothing wrong or illegality” of issuing the ‘quit notice’ and has advised that if the Tangkhul community defy or adopt a confrontational stand, there would be more bloodshed the responsibility for which would rest solely on “opportunist individuals or groups who are supporting the anti-quit notice campaign”.
“There is completely nothing wrong of illegality (sic) in the quit notice issued to Tangkhuls by various regions/tribes of the Nagas. It is deep-rooted and well-established tradition and custom of the Nagas that had been practiced since time immemorial – that if any person migrated to another village from his native village on various grounds, he can live in his newly adopted village as long as his modes of living are compatible to that of the indigenous villagers” stated an MIP/GPRN release. However, once his presence in that said village proves to be negative in social, economic and political lives of the villagers, he is asked to leave at once and that person practically will have no say in the matter but to comply, the NSCN-K explained.
It further asserted that the ‘migration’ of the community in the state is a recent trend which took place after the declaration of Naga independence but conversely their presence had ‘negative effects’ on the Naga people leading to the issuance of the quit notice. “Now it is running three months since the issuing of the quit notice. So if the Tangkhuls defy or adopt confrontational attitudes, Naga society is headed for more trouble ad bloodshed and the responsibility will solely rest upon the opportunist individual or groups who are supporting the anti-quit notice campaign. There is nothing wrong or illegality in the quit notice under the purview of national or international laws or statutes” the release stated.
