Dimapur, October 25 (MExN): Responding to the NBCC’s criticism over razing of villages by the NSCN-IM, the outfit’s MIP today justified its stand offering explanation. The outfit condescended that “any civil society or church organization rather than passing volatile statement…should go for a more pragmatic approach…” While acknowledging that “doing” social justice is no doubt a Christian trait, “delivering justice sometime comes with harsh burden and that is the reality today” the MIP stated adding that “reverends are not outside of this obligation.”
The NSCN-IM asserted that what happened in Mungleimukh-Jalukie Zangdi has to be viewed from a “very perspective angle” and reactions should be considered from the point of actual state of the “story.” Stating that this is not fair and “justice does not come that way” the outfit lamented that NBCC’s reaction as being something “not really appreciated” when considered from a “deeper analysis of the history of the issues involved.” The outfit continued that violence is not a weapon of solution and “using fire is the last option.” The Church’s concern for the victims is understandable “but things could have been much better” had the NBCC shown “equal concern to the history of the issue that sparked the fire…”
The MIP stated: “NSCN certainly respect human values but not at the cost of depriving national justice. It is highly regretted that despite NSCN’s effort to present the true face of the cases in question, certain sections of our people are still desperate to smear the NSCN’s image bereft of human respect.”
THe NSCN-IM also explained the reason for the Intangki flare-up: “The state of Intangki forest was that even shooting a bird was not allowed, not to talk of human settlement. That was the reason why Inavi village was (burned) two-three times by several governments including GPRN…” The outfit explained here that it was the last to act “after exercising (restraint) for long enough.”
