Dimapur, August 23 (MExN): The Naga Students’ Federation (NSF) is asking the chief minister of Manipur to honor the November 1992 memorandum of understanding that was signed assuring “that not an inch of Naga area would be bartered away with under any circumstances…” The NSF referred to the ongoing demand for the creation of “Sadar Hills district” in Manipur, and said that the organization would resort to own course of action if the memorandum is not honored.
The NSF issued a copy of representation addressed to the chief minister of Manipur. The representation was appended by NSF vice president Sinhilo Thong, speaker RS Jollyson and general secretary N. Ejanthung Ngullie.
The NSF reminded the Manipur government of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed on November 10, 1992 between the NSF and the Government of Manipur, then represented by the deputy chief minister-acting chief minister of Manipur and the chief secretary of the government of Manipur.
The representation stated this demand –“As executed in the dialogue and the memorandum signed on the 10th of Nov 1992 at Imphal, wherein the Government of Manipur in unequivocal term have committed itself to promote basic human rights and to assiduously work to ensure the peaceful co-existence of the tribal’s particularly for the Nagas living and inhabiting major parts of the state of Manipur since time immemorial. Wherefore in reference broached to, the NSF urge upon the Government of Manipur to uphold and implement the contents of the MOU signed, both in letter and spirit for the greater interest of the people in the region.”
Point-1, clause (b) of the MoU the Manipur government had committed that “the Government of Manipur shall take proper steps to prevent ….recurrence (of such communal violence) in future so as to promote peaceful co-existence and safeguard the rights and interest of the people.”
“And whereas under point 4 clause (ii) it was asserted.. ‘That not an inch of Naga area would be bartered away with under any circumstances…’” the NSF reminded.
The organization has strongly asked the Government of Manipur to “sincerely implement” the charter points executed in 1992, keeping in mind the interests and rights of the Nagas in Manipur state in the backdrop of the ongoing demand for creation of “Sadar Hills district” in Manipur.
“NSF anticipates your sagacious reaction to the matter wherein the historical and genuine rights of the Nagas are not being infringed upon under any unruly pressure and force. In any event of our (Nagas) rights being suppressed, NSF will not hesitate to resort to its own course of actions, under which the Government of Manipur will be held solely accountable and responsible,” the NSF added.
The NSF issued a copy of representation addressed to the chief minister of Manipur. The representation was appended by NSF vice president Sinhilo Thong, speaker RS Jollyson and general secretary N. Ejanthung Ngullie.
The NSF reminded the Manipur government of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed on November 10, 1992 between the NSF and the Government of Manipur, then represented by the deputy chief minister-acting chief minister of Manipur and the chief secretary of the government of Manipur.
The representation stated this demand –“As executed in the dialogue and the memorandum signed on the 10th of Nov 1992 at Imphal, wherein the Government of Manipur in unequivocal term have committed itself to promote basic human rights and to assiduously work to ensure the peaceful co-existence of the tribal’s particularly for the Nagas living and inhabiting major parts of the state of Manipur since time immemorial. Wherefore in reference broached to, the NSF urge upon the Government of Manipur to uphold and implement the contents of the MOU signed, both in letter and spirit for the greater interest of the people in the region.”
Point-1, clause (b) of the MoU the Manipur government had committed that “the Government of Manipur shall take proper steps to prevent ….recurrence (of such communal violence) in future so as to promote peaceful co-existence and safeguard the rights and interest of the people.”
“And whereas under point 4 clause (ii) it was asserted.. ‘That not an inch of Naga area would be bartered away with under any circumstances…’” the NSF reminded.
The organization has strongly asked the Government of Manipur to “sincerely implement” the charter points executed in 1992, keeping in mind the interests and rights of the Nagas in Manipur state in the backdrop of the ongoing demand for creation of “Sadar Hills district” in Manipur.
“NSF anticipates your sagacious reaction to the matter wherein the historical and genuine rights of the Nagas are not being infringed upon under any unruly pressure and force. In any event of our (Nagas) rights being suppressed, NSF will not hesitate to resort to its own course of actions, under which the Government of Manipur will be held solely accountable and responsible,” the NSF added.
