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Kuki-Naga feud over Chawangkining land

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Newmai News Network | Imphal | May 6


The Kuki-Naga feud over Chawangkining land in Senapati district in Manipur has resurfaced with the Naga People's Organisation (NPO) urging the state government of Manipur and the district administration to intervene if any untoward incident is to be prevented.
On the other hand, the Kuki Inpi of Sadar Hills has claimed that the land was first settled by the Kuki. Chawangkining is a Liangmai village situated along the IT Road.
Last year some Naga organisations had alleged that a number of Kuki people had encroached in the area and started settlements.
On Sunday, the NPO, a conglomerate of Naga tribes in Senapati district, alleged that some Kuki people under the protection of 'armed groups' have been continuing construction of houses in the Chawangkining vicinity. The NPO claimed that the area belongs to the Nagas.
"We demanded for the immediate intervention of the state government and the district administration into the sensitive and volatile land encroachment incident of the Naga areas in Chawangkining village and in the cattle farm near Daili village along the IT Road," urged the NPO today. It added that the two areas are located under the Kangpokpi ADC surrounded by the Kuki communities.
The NPO cautions that in the event of any untoward incident, the state government would be the one to blame. Kuki Inpi president Chungkam Haokip informed Newmai News Network that the Kuki were settling in the area but during the Naga-Kuki conflict the Kuki had left briefly. Chungkam Haokip claimed that the Kuki started returning to the area after the High Court dismissed a case filed by the Nagas in connection with the matter.

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