Dimapur, September 22 (MExN): The NSCN (K) today branded State Minister of Education, Imkong L Imchen as an ‘anti-national’ and a ‘traitor’ for ‘selling out the rights of the people of Nagaland state to others.’
A press statement received here from the Secretary of NSCN (K), Ministry of Education, comes in the wake of the recent move to affiliate the hill districts’ schools of Manipur to the Nagaland Board of School Education (NBSE). The NSCN (K), in this regard, asserted that many justifications has been forwarded by many ‘self-interested’ persons regarding the move for Manipur schools affiliation to the NBSE by stating that the affiliation will not affect or jeopardize the opportunities of the students of Nagaland.
However, the NSCN (K) affirmed that no matter what the justification could be, the State Minister of Education will be held responsible for ‘selling out the rights of the Naga people to the people of other states.’ “No amount of justification advocated by self-interested people will absolve Imkong L Imchen from the charges. Imkong L Imchen Education Minister of Nagaland puppet state has no a fig care for the GPRN/NSCN. Let us see how long he will be protected by the I-K terrorists.” The NSCN (K) asserted that Imkong L Imchen will be answerable for all his actions.
“The GPRN/NSCN had well noted his attitude and had already branded him as “anti-national” and traitor for selling out the rights of people of Nagaland state to others. Cease-fire or no Cease-fire and dead or alive he will be answerable for hurting the economic and social interests of the Naga people and above all, the sentiments of the people,” the NSCN (K) warned.
In this connection, the NSCN (K) further challenged in the event of any undesirable consequences, the Government of India will be held responsible for not intervening in the issue and encouraging the NSCN (IM) in one way or the other to destroy Nagaland.
However, the NSCN (K) also said that the powerful NGOs of Manipur had already impressed the Manipur State Government ‘not to allow all students passing out from the NBSE to undergo further studies in Manipur and also not to allow them to join the State service.
The NSCN (K) expressed its optimism that the demand of the Manipur NGOs would surely be implemented by the Manipur Government.
The NSCN (K) further said that, under such circumstances, most of the students from Manipur who passes out from NBSE will be automatically admitted in the Nagaland institutions and that many will be employed in one or the other in Nagaland.
“The opportunities and benefits entitles to the Naga youths will be enjoyed by the Manipur people through force and manipulations or under the dictates of the Tangkhul led I-K group, the trend which the people have been experiencing in the Naga society for some years,” the NSCN (K) opined.
