DIMAPUR, DEC 19 (MExN): Stating that the killing of former DGP Hesso Mao was a litmus test to “the countless crimes and cease-fire violations by the I-M group,” the NSCN (K) today said in a release that the Government of India was condoning and ignoring the crimes perpetrated by the NSCN (IM). Citing that the ground rules to the ceasefire were being abrogated, a release said, “In spite of the clear-cut guidelines provided in the text of the ground-rules between the I-M group and the Government of India, the GoI deliberately allowed the I-M men to carry on rampant extortions, threats, intimidations, attacks and killings without any slightest restraints.”
Making an assertive statement, the NSCN (K) said the GOI is at liberty to pull out from the ceasefire agreement at any time and at will. “And likewise, the NSCN is also at liberty to do the same,” the armed group headed by SS Khaplang said. The stand of the NSCN (IM) is territorial integration before settlement, whereas the NSCN (K) believes integration only after settlement. Reiterating this, Libamo Jami, Deputy Secretary of the outfit’s Ministry of Information and Publicity said, “The stand of the I-M group is settlement and then unity which means that all sections of the Nagas to unite in their settlement through coercion and killings which is a manifestation of hatred and selfishness, whereas the stand of the NSCN is unity before settlement which means accommodative and goodwill.” There are striking differences between the objective principles of the NSCNs, according to the release.
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