Dimapur, October 28 (MExN): The Western Sumi Hoho (WSH) and its frontal organizations in an emergency meeting today served an ‘ultimatum’ to the NSCN (IM) demanding either the resettlement of the Inavi villagers in the Intangki National Forest or the eviction of the Beisumpuikam village on or before November 4, failing which, it threatened to take its own course of action.
An ultimatum served by the WSH President, Hokiye Yepthomi and General Secretary, Akavi Zhimomi, said that the then NSCN (IM) Kilo Kilonser, Rh Raising, inaugurated the ‘so-called’ Beisumpuikam on December 1, 1998, is in total contrast to the 1996 Gilgal National Hoho Declaration to preserve the Intangki Forest as a ‘National Park.’ The WSH asserted that the NSCN (IM) exposed its biasness when the Inavi villagers were evicted out of their village, while leaving the Beisumpuikam village unaffected.
“In the assumption of pursuance of the same Declaration, the NSCN (IM) carried out eviction drive only against Inavi village on 29th September 2007, the village which also falls within the same location as that of the so-called Beisumpuikam village totally exposing the total biasness of the NSCN (IM) Government,” the release stated.
In this connection, the WSH pointed out that it had demanded the NSCN (IM) collective leadership to evict the Beisumpuikam village. But, after receiving a request from the ‘Chief Principal Secretary’ on behalf of the NSCN (IM) leadership, asking for time until the arrival of the collective leadership for necessary consultation, the WSH extended the dateline till October 26, it stated. However, the release expressed resentment at the NSCN (IM), for its disregard of the good faith as assured by the organization to the WSH.
“The GPRN have totally failed to fulfill the request of the Western Sumi Hoho,” the WSH stated. In this regard, the Western Sumi Hoho served an ultimatum to the NSCN (IM) to either allow the Inavi villagers to resettle or evict the Beisumpuikam village on or before November 4 ‘in the interest of the Naga people in general and to uphold the Gilgal Declaration in Toto’. The WSH warned that it would be constrained to take its own course of action in the event of the NSCN (IM) fails to carry out the ultimatum.
