DIMAPUR, FEB 17 (MExN): The NSCN (IM) came out strongly against their rival NSCN (K) saying that Khaplang group has betrayed the Naga cause by confining their proclaimed struggle to the state of India-Nagaland falling under the parameters of the Indian Constitution. Adding that NSCN/GPRN does not recognize the Indian imposed state boundaries or their constitution.
A press note issued by MIP NSCN (IM) stated that they are struggling for emancipation of more than 47 Naga tribes spread across the borders of Myanmar and India and that they do not accept arbitrarily imposed artificial boundaries within Nagalim. Naga people were free people since time immemorial and the states of Manipur, Arunachal or Nagaland are a recent creations arbitrarily imposed by India, which the Nagas does not recognize, it stated. It questioned the Khaplangs’ definition of their support for Naga Integration - “sensible? If so, why are they against the Southern Nagas? Are the Khaplangs bankrupt in politics and policies which are leading them to victimize the innocents? There also seems to be incongruity and differences between Gen. Kholi, SS Khaplang and Kitovi in their manifestos since they claim that they are fighting for the state-hood of India-Nagaland, their Chairman Khaplang, a Burmese Naga is from across the international border in Myanmar. Does Kholi know about this?”
“Let us be more sensible and come out of our egoistic cocoons and admit the facts and accept one another rather than waging bad blood amongst ourselves. We shall all try to contribute to give peace a chance so that our wounds would heal…..let us all try to heal ourselves with love and reconciliation and healthily strive on ahead with the rest of the world”, it stated.
