Dimapur, May 7 (MExN): The NSCN (Reformation) has asked the NSCN (Khaplang) to “immediately stop meddling in the affairs” of the Nagas of Tirap, Changlang and Longding districts of Arunachal Pradesh.
The NSCN (R) alleged that NSCN (K) in conjunction with “different northeast groups including ULFA and the Manipur valley based groups (UNLWSEA)” carried out attacks on the former’s camp in order to expand their “extortion network” by using Tirap-Changlang and Longding as a “corridor as well as a launch pad.” However, the NSCN (R) stated in the press release from its MIP Secretary, that it will “never allow it to happen.”
“Attack on our camp has not come as a surprise as we know that Khaplang is a visionless leader,” stated the NSCN (R). They alleged that the NSCN (K) is attempting to “target” the area as it finds the three districts in Arunachal Pradesh “lucrative for extortion sitting just across the border in Pangsau town and other nearby border villages.”
“As we are not interfering in Myanmar Naga area, Khaplang should also stop his misadventure in the three districts of Arunachal Pradesh. Our people are already facing enormous problems in the hands of various faction and groups.
We are also not finding adequate attention either from the state or central government,” noted the NSCN (R). Further, it stated that sovereignty is an “excuse” which Khaplang has “marketed” for long and “beats the drum of sovereignty” among the Nagas to “extort, threaten and torment our people,” asserting that Khaplang is “an unwelcome guest” in these areas.
The NSCN (R) also ‘warned’ non-Naga groups “who are supporting Khaplang and operating against us in our area to stop doing so immediately.” “We have no any ill will against other groups or communities but, if you do not do away with supporting Khaplang against us than, it may force our hands also to equally retaliate in a befitting way,” maintained the NSCN (R).
