DIMAPUR, MAY 3 (MExN): The NSCN-IM today inducted 2 new Kilonsers and 3 Deputy Kilonsers at a joint council meeting held at Camp Hebron. Although, the release did not make a mention of the portfolio allotted to the new kilonsers, the new faces in the list included A.P Shimrah (Kilonser), Yanger Pongener (Kilonser), Hokugha (Dy. Kilonser), Lima Chuba (Dy Kilonser) and BC Ezung (Dy. Kilonser). Qhevihe, Convener, Steering Committee administered the Oath of allegiance to them, said the release by its Kilo Secretary Bohoto Kiba.
The same release also said that NSCN-K Deputy Chaplee Kilonser, Imkong Wapang along with its former Trade & Commerce Kilonser, Hriini, ST Konal, Tatar, and Mayang Sucha Jamir, PS to Chaplee Dy. Kilonser has joined their fold. Terming the joining of the rival leaders a home coming, it said that the four leaders were accorded a warm welcome today after the oath of allegiance ceremony to the newly inducted Kilonsers.
The release also further said that the four leaders of the NSCN-K has cited dissatisfaction over the ‘callous and wrong ideology’ and the prevalent indiscipline within its rank and file as the main reason for their defection.
The function was attended by the joint council members and other GPRN officials, while it concluded with mass prayer.
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