Terms movement restriction as divisive and provocative
DIMAPUR, February 16 (MExN): The Yimchungrü Akherü Arihako (YAA) has strongly reacted to the statement jointly issued by the United Sangtam Likhum Pumji (USLP), United Sangtam Students’ Conference (USSC) and Akedah Sangtam Thsingmujanglaru (AST). The YAA in a statement said that the three organisations have diverged from the issue at hand and are aggravating it further.
According to the YAA, it is equally aggrieved over the February 6 incident and in that respect is honestly working to find out the perpetrators and at the same time trying to bring about an amicable solution to the problem that might have arisen. While the process is in that direction, the YAA expressed regret that the three organisations are trying to turn it into “inter-tribal issue.”
Describing the Yimchungru as one peaceful unit, the YAA further questioned the credibility of the three organisations distinguishing the Yimchungru into different sub-tribes based on dialect. “…
It is unbecoming on the part of the three organizations to have emotionally and ridiculously plunged head-long into the media” without substantiation, the YAA said.
It also questioned the validity of the resolution restricting movement of Yimchungrus within Sangtam jurisdiction while terming it as divisive and provocative. According to the YAA, the situation has come to such that the February 6 killing has been given secondary importance and is being used to divide the Yimchungru consequently creating law and order problems.
