UNC aims work for the tangible solution of the Naga problem: KS Leo
Newmai News Network
March 10| Imphal
While countering all the accusing fingers pointing at the United Naga Council (UNC) and its constituent units from some quarters that they have been working at the behest of the NSCN-IM, UNC chief KS Paul Leo said that as a responsible Naga family the position of the UNC and its constituent units is loud and clear and that is to work for the tangible solution of the Naga problem.
Dismissing the accusations Paul Leo said that the question of UNC working at the behest of the NSCN-IM does not arise because the Naga civil society has been working for the cause of the Naga people.
The United Naga Council’s president statement has been prompted by the incident of March 4 at Jiribam where a Maruti Gypsy used by the president of Zeliangrong Union (AMN) had been burnt down by the NSCN-K cadres.
Paul Leo, on behalf of the UNC strongly condemns the incident and said that the NSCN-K cannot deny that its cadres were responsible forMarch-4 Jiribam incident. He said that at the Presidential Council meeting of the UNC on March 8 the decision to condemn the Jiribam incident had been taken.
In a fuming mood, the UNC president said that the Zeliangrong Union president was proceeding to a destination when the cadres of the NSCN-K stopped him at a place in Jiribam and then one of the cadres took away the vehicle and set on fire. Paul Leo also narrated that the NSCN-K cadres charged the ZU president as to why the latter had been listening to the UNC.
The UNC president termed this development as very unfortunate.
Explaining its move with regard to the recently concluded Assembly election of Manipur, Laul Leo said that the UNC had published its Position Paper on the 9thManipur Legislative Assembly Election of Manipur, 2007 where it had clearly mentioned about the stand of the UNC in detail and as such there is no room to accuse the Naga body of working at the command of the NSCN-IM or any other groups.
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