ZYOD President Idizeung Reunim and other representatives at the press conference in Dimapur on June 14. (Morung Photo)
To submit joint memorandum to Nagaland CM on Nagas killings in Kangpokpi
Morung Express News
Dimapur | June 14
Dimapur-based Naga youth organisations, alongside the Dimapur Eastern Nagaland Students’ Union (DENSU), has sought the Nagaland Chief Minister’s intervention with the Manipur and Central governments. According to the Zeliang Youth Organisation Dimapur (ZYOD), 11 Dimapur-based organisations convened a consultative meeting in Dimapur on June 14 with regard to the killing of six Nagas in Kangpokpi, Manipur, following which they resolved to submit a representation to the Chief Minister appealing for his intervention to ensure justice for the victims.
The joint representation is scheduled to be submitted through the Deputy Commissioner, Dimapur on June 15. The youth leaders stated that the consultative meeting was prompted by the recovery of the mutilated bodies of the six victims, an incident they said has affected the Naga community across “artificial boundaries.”
Addressing the media following the meeting, ZYOD General Secretary Rampau Haining, referenced Chief Minister Neiphiur Rio’s mediation “as a peacemaker” to facilitate the release of 14 Kuki hostages.
“However, within the next 24 hours, our six Naga brothers' dead bodies were found in a condition beyond recognition,” Haining said. He said that the demand for justice requires the apprehension and prosecution of the perpetrators rather than financial compensation. “Justice means that the perpetrators must be caught and given punishment,” he added. Haining also cautioned against spillover effects, stating, “The virus that spread in Manipur, which is burning everything, that virus must not enter Nagaland.”
ZYOD President Idizeung Reunim questioned the lack of preventive action by the Manipur government and the armed forces, including the army, CRPF, and BSF. While stating that the issue transcends state borders, he said, “This is a direct threat to the Naga society, beyond the artificial boundaries,” adding that these boundaries were not created by the Naga people. He appealed to the public to observe the situation on humanitarian grounds rather than along political or tribal lines.
Expressing the gravity of the situation, DENSU President Thongule Sangtam stated that tolerance had reached its limit. “The boundary of ‘too much'’ has been crossed,” Sangtam said. He noted that the organizations gathered not as individual tribal units, but to present a unified Naga response to the developments in Manipur.
The organisations which attended the consultative meeting included he Dimapur Ao Youth Organisation (DAYO), Dimapur Lotha Youth Organisation (DLYO), Rongmei Youth Club Dimapur, Dimapur Rengma Youth Organisation, Tenyimi Youth Organisation Dimapur, Western Chakhesang Youth Organisation, Western Naga Youth Front, Zeliang Youth Organisation Dimapur, Zeliang Youth Organisation Chümoukedima, and Chakhro Angami Kuda Youth Organisation (CAKYO, alongwith the DENSU.
