Dimapur, December 15 (MExN): Naga organizations in Manipur led by the United Naga Council (UNC) today objected to the attempt of the Manipur state government to divide the Naga areas for “upgradation” or creation of new districts out of the areas.
A number of resolutions were undertaken during a joint meeting of the UNC, tribal leaders and organizations as well as leaders of political parties held on December 15. The meeting was convened by the UNC “to strengthen the people’s movement for alternative arrangement, pending settlement of the Indo-Naga issue, by securing the participation and ownership of every Naga,” a note from the UNC stated today. The resolutions numbered seven. .
“The objection to the attempt to bifurcate Naga areas for upgradation or creation of Sadar Hills, Jiribam, Tongei Marin, Phungyar, Tegnoupal and Kakching district is endorsed,” one of the chief decisions said. According to the UNC the demand for an “alternative arrangement” outside the “communal Government of Manipur pending settlement of the Indo-Naga issue,” is endorsed. The Government of India is urged to intervene immediately with an alternative “political and administrative” arrangement for the Nagas in Manipur, pending settlement of the Indo-Naga issue.
The organizations then “endorsed” the initiative of the Forum for Naga Reconciliation to bring peace and reconciliation. “Any political party or individual (s), who either in speech, written statement, visual display or in action, opposing the above established and registered position of the Nagas will be deemed to be anti-Naga. The policies, programmes and activities of any political party which does not subscribe to the above position of the Nagas will not qualify for the support of the Naga people in any manner whatsoever,” the UNC said. The meeting also “endorses” the Naga peace process and urges the negotiators “for early settlement of the Indo-Naga issue.”
A number of resolutions were undertaken during a joint meeting of the UNC, tribal leaders and organizations as well as leaders of political parties held on December 15. The meeting was convened by the UNC “to strengthen the people’s movement for alternative arrangement, pending settlement of the Indo-Naga issue, by securing the participation and ownership of every Naga,” a note from the UNC stated today. The resolutions numbered seven. .
“The objection to the attempt to bifurcate Naga areas for upgradation or creation of Sadar Hills, Jiribam, Tongei Marin, Phungyar, Tegnoupal and Kakching district is endorsed,” one of the chief decisions said. According to the UNC the demand for an “alternative arrangement” outside the “communal Government of Manipur pending settlement of the Indo-Naga issue,” is endorsed. The Government of India is urged to intervene immediately with an alternative “political and administrative” arrangement for the Nagas in Manipur, pending settlement of the Indo-Naga issue.
The organizations then “endorsed” the initiative of the Forum for Naga Reconciliation to bring peace and reconciliation. “Any political party or individual (s), who either in speech, written statement, visual display or in action, opposing the above established and registered position of the Nagas will be deemed to be anti-Naga. The policies, programmes and activities of any political party which does not subscribe to the above position of the Nagas will not qualify for the support of the Naga people in any manner whatsoever,” the UNC said. The meeting also “endorses” the Naga peace process and urges the negotiators “for early settlement of the Indo-Naga issue.”
