Dimapur, November 14 (MExN): The NSCN (IM) has responded to the ULFA by stating that the outfit was showing its “immaturity and revolutionary bankruptcy” when it started playing the communal card. “It is matter of regret that ULFA dragged the name of “Tanghkuls” into the issue at Tizit. This is politically naïve and therefore unwarranted. Beyond this, the childish manner of ULFA being used by Khaplang group is demeaning for a group of ULFA stature”, stated a press note issued by the MIP.
The NSCN (IM) stated that for the ULFA “it matters to speak in the voice of Khaplang” pointing out that it was “a question of their operational survival to establish such link with the Nagas”.
“The hitch is the choice of ally. The ULFA who are known to issue high sounding demands to the Government of India when it comes to the question of having talks is making a strange bed follows with Khaplang group who is used by the Indian Intelligence Agencies to counter weight the NSCN”, the MIP stated.
The NSCN (IM) pointed out that the “strategically placed difficulty of ULFA” was quite “understandable”. “But when it stoops too low it has a lot to do with its credibility. But at times situational compulsion forces them to forego their ideological differences. This is ULFA and Khaplang group today”, the NSCN (IM) stated adding that this was the “the irony of the revolutionary movement in North-East with such groups losing grip of their political commitment”.
