Says ‘nothing in this regard is too late to set the wrong to right’
DIMAPUR, AUGUST 21 (MExN): The United Naga Council (UNC) has opposed the memorandum submitted to different authorities by the Kuki-Zo community, stating that “it is posing a big threat to the very existence and inalienable rights of the Nagas particularly in the state of Manipur.”
A press release from the UNC said that it is “taken aback by the blatant lies, lop-sided history and fabricated information contained in every statement and memorandum issued by the Kuki-Zo community which is tantamount to distortion of Naga history and insult to the Naga people.”
It maintained that with regard to land, “the Nagas’ opposition to the creation of new districts in 2016 remains alive as unfinished issue.” “Of the districts, ones carved out from Senapati and Chandel districts are the handiworks of the Congress government’s appeasement policy carried out in the name of administrative convenience. Hence the demand of separate administration which incorporates the so-called new two districts is necessarily opposed,” it added.
The UNC said that the Kuki-Zo peoples’ representation to the Union Government, Israeli Prime Minister, European Parliament, UNO, etc “is on false territorial foundation.”
The UNC meanwhile said that the state of Manipur is now “flooded with illegal immigrants from Myanmar and Bangladesh.” “In all the districts, there has been increasing and expansion of villages and creation of new villages rampantly and at the rapid pace. Columns of illegal camps are being built in alarming rate near the town of Moreh and its surrounding areas to facilitate the settlement of intruding Kukis from Myanmar,” the UNC claimed.
It cautioned that “if the flow of illegal immigrants is not stopped by the Government of India and the Government of Manipur, the day will not be long when the Indigenous population will be reduced to a minority.”
The UNC further stated that the memorandum dated August 16 to the Prime Minister by 10 MLAs demanding the creation of the post of Chief Secretary and Director General of Police or equivalents “is nothing but a mere different tune sung out of the same lyrics, the demand for separate administration.” In this regard too, the Nagas are not with the Kukis as it involves the problems raised above, the UNC said.
It also expressed concern at the clubbing of Chandel district with the Tengnoupal district together with Churachandpur district “as their land.” The UNC further noted with concern that “nine names of Naga tribes of Chandel district are incorporated in Kuki Constitution as Kuki tribes.” The UNC urged the Kuki community Kukis to “show the basis of the inclusion.”
“The Nagas will not remain mute over the issue. Having said all these the Nagas believe that nothing in this regard is too late to set the wrong to right,” it however stated.
