DIMAPUR, OCTOBER 31 (MExN): The NSCN (IM) in its emergency Joint meeting of the Council of Kilonsers and the Steering members on October 31 at Hebron took strong exception to the reported plan by the Manipur State Government to declare Sadar Hills and Jiribam as districts. A press note from the MIP of the NSCN (IM) informed that the house took a unanimous decision to oppose “such provocative move to the last.” It further affirmed the “ownership of the land that it is a part of ancestral Naga domain.” “Unless rightful ownership of the land is acknowledged by the settlers, the NSCN/GPRN shall never tolerate any move that infringes upon the rights of the owner (Nagas),” it stated. The NSCN (IM), nonetheless stated that it is “prepared to negotiate on any proposed agenda if ownership is duly acknowledged and respected.”
