DIMAPUR, APRIL 21 (MexN): The Ministry of Information and Publicity (MIP) of the NSCN (IM) has stated that the act of “impropriety under 29 AR in blatantly violating the ceasefire ground rules and the imbroglio that follows is a matter of regret”. A press note from the MIP stated that the observation of any person with political insight will say that “Assam Riles is turning out to be the negation of goodness of ceasefire without which no meaningful political talks can take place”.
The NSCN (IM) stated that it was “pertinent to question who is the person behind this foul play. Camp Commander Major Sukanta ?” The MIP note stated that Major Sukanta is of Meitei origin and very close to Manipur Chief Minister Ibobi Singh and naturally with a “very strong anti NSCN stand”. The MIP note alleged that the Major went overboard in daring to come so near the gate of Hebron Designated Camp to create acrimonious relation between NSCN and AR, and “thus devilish agenda he carried”.
“Hebron Camp as a designated camp is already known internationally during the 15 years of Indo-Naga political talks.
And to say that intrusion into the prohibited area is by mistake will simply go down as an insult to the NSCN in particular and to the Nagas in general”, stated the MIP.
It went on to state that the signing of the historic Indo-Naga ceasefire in 1997 with “worldwide witness” was not done for committing “blatant act of adventurism in the hands of the notorious Assam Riles troops”. The MIP note also states that there was ground to believe that the Assam Rifles has been given “blank cheque by Ministry of Home Affairs to go against NSCN under any pretext created for the
purpose” and that the present crisis brought about by 29 AR was a living testimony to the world.
It stated that the government of India’s interpretation of ceasefire between two entities is therefore becoming more of a mockery than anything else. “The repeated bulldozing of ceasefire ground rules
by Assam Rifles is never in conformity with the political meaning of ceasefire. How can the ceasefire ground rules be arrogated at the whims of AR? This is the crux of the issue. To stand by ceasefire ground rules is not an act of cowardice but an act of courage and political maturity”, the MIP note stated.
Going belligerent in the face of its own folly the MIP note stated that the AR is now showing its combative aggression by resorting to fear psychosis warfare by way of targeting civilian population-risking, interrogating and doing all the things that is as good as anything seen during the pre-ceasefire
period. “Such capricious behaviour cannot be given political sanction if ceasefire has to go on in the spirit that was signed 15 years back”.
The NSCN (IM) stated that given the “atrocious violation of ceasefire ground rules by the combine forces of 20AR,29AR and 32 AR it is now a serious matter for the Nagas to accept the situation as a wake up call and ponder over the political design that is going against the very aspiration of the Nagas that has been built up ever since the Naga political struggle started in the 1940s and strengthen during the Indo-Naga political talks that took off after signing ceasefire in 1997”.
