DIMAPUR, AUGUST 24 (MExN): President of the Kuki National Organisation (KNO), PS Haokip has written to the GPRN/NSCN Chairman, Neokpao Konyak, appreciating the latter’s decision to “entrust three eminent leaders of GPRN/NSCN - C Singson, Adviser to Collective Leadership; Alezo Venuh, Envoy to the Collective Leadership; and Ritsa L Thongru, Secretary to GPRN/NSCN to meet with your Kuki brothers to convey a message of peace and love from the Naga people.”
The KNO President, in his letter made available to the media, stated that “Unification is indeed an essential quality precious in the eyes of God. In the fullness of His time, I believe you will succeed in bringing all of your people under one political umbrella.”
He reminded that Naga and Kuki relation “goes way back to Khonoma Angamis and Kukis as brothers drank wine from the barrel of Gun, broke the skull of a dog symbolizing the same fate would meet either party that reneged from the bond of brotherhood and commitment to peace.”
“In keeping with the bond, when Khonoma Nagas fought the British, Kukis gave them some Cannons made of mithun hide. Similarly, Pu Lengjang Kuki was a signatory to the Simon Commission of 1929 and was also member of the Naga Club,” he added.
Haokip hoped that the act of sending emissaries from the GPRN/NSCN would “establish peace and promote brotherhood among Nagas and Kukis.” “This should also put an end to misunderstanding among our people if any and usher in an era of peace and harmony, which will be pleasing in the sight of our Lord Jesus Christ,” he added.
The KNO President further accused NSCN (IM) General Secretary, Th Muivah of “creating false propaganda about Kukis” and called for looking into the killing of Kuki people from 1992 and 1997. “With growing retaliation from the Kukis, in 1997 he cleverly signed a peace treaty with the Government of India,” the KNO President stated.
