Dimapur, February 22 (MExN): Zeme Council North East India (ZCNEI) has outrightly condemned the merger of Tousem sub-division, earlier under Tamenglong district, into the newly created Jiribam district.
ZCNEI in a press release issued by its president Raitu Elu, said the merger of Tousem sub-division into Jiribam district was a blow to the Zeliangrong people who inhabit the sub-division. The council said bifurcation of Tamenglong district with ulterior motive to divide the Zeliangrong family would not be tolerated at any cost.
ZCNEI further cautioned that “some of our own Zeliangrong leaders who have connived with Ibobi Singh to divide the ancestral homeland of Zeliangrong people will never get the support of the people now and in future.”
