Dimapur, May 25 : The All Naga Students’ Association, Manipur (ANSAM) in a rejoinder stated that with reference to the news item published on May 23 under the heading “Naga Forum Appeal for Peace” is nothing but Shedding a crocodile’s tear in the “pretext of the acute inconvenience due to economic blockade by the so called Naga Leaders’ Forum, is disgusting”.
It stated that such a forum is nothing but a self-styled front flouted by some frustrated individuals intending to mislead the people and gain cheap popularity and please their masters. Though any individual may have the liberty to form any organization by way of exercising their democratic right, the Naga people are bound by the traditional customary practices of upholding the village decision.
“The Naga frontal organizations upholding this principle after due consultation at the village and tribe level adopted a decision to reject the Manipur (Hill Areas) District Council Act 3rd Amendment Act 2008 in its present form and contents,” it stated.
Moreover, the note also mentioned that when the Government of Manipur fail to recognize and protect the rights of the tribal, the people’s organization has no choice but to abide and uphold the people’s decision to protect their inherent right to land and governance. “It is a shame for few individuals who are actually a member of the Indian Political Party in the guise of Naga Leader’s Forum crying foul against the village decision to justify and legitimize their position in the party amounts to selling the rights of the hill people. At the cause of the hill people, few Naga individual acting as stooge of the Communal State Government of Manipur have admitted themselves to be an agent working against the interest of the hill people.”
Moreover, in a separate rejoinder note, the Tangkhul Frontal Organisations (Against ADC Election 2010) in its strongest term reiterated to the press statement published on May 24,2010 under the headline “Naga Leaders’ Forum appeal for peace”. The TFO termed the released as “self style Forum without any root or authenticity and un-mandated and clarifies that there is no such organization mandated by the Naga public in the past or present stage”.
Alleging that the economic blockade at National highway 53 and 39 is the “reciprocatory or repercussion consequences of the government failure to rectify the bill of ADC 2008 Act and restrictions imposed to the visiting NSF officials to oversee the situation of May 6 aftermath at Mao gate where two Naga students were brutally gunned down and several others severely injured”. Thus any mayhem or troubles be responsible solely to the government of Manipur and no other organizations to blame.
The TFO also added that it is unfortunate to have black-sheeps “amidst in the co-Naga fellows who represent in their selfish ends at the time of Nagas mass exodus movement voicing uni-vocally the vulnerable and historical rights of the Nagas when it is deliberately distorted, suppressed and deprived the “just right” by the Meiteis”.
Moreover, the TFO has sternly warned that any person or mechanism distorting the historical rights of the Nagas on behest of calling the Democratic process when the people of the Nagas out-rightly rejected the imposed or force ADC election and repeatedly re-affirmed to boycott the ADC election in any Naga soil at any cost under the present form and content of ADC 2008 Act.
It stated that such a forum is nothing but a self-styled front flouted by some frustrated individuals intending to mislead the people and gain cheap popularity and please their masters. Though any individual may have the liberty to form any organization by way of exercising their democratic right, the Naga people are bound by the traditional customary practices of upholding the village decision.
“The Naga frontal organizations upholding this principle after due consultation at the village and tribe level adopted a decision to reject the Manipur (Hill Areas) District Council Act 3rd Amendment Act 2008 in its present form and contents,” it stated.
Moreover, the note also mentioned that when the Government of Manipur fail to recognize and protect the rights of the tribal, the people’s organization has no choice but to abide and uphold the people’s decision to protect their inherent right to land and governance. “It is a shame for few individuals who are actually a member of the Indian Political Party in the guise of Naga Leader’s Forum crying foul against the village decision to justify and legitimize their position in the party amounts to selling the rights of the hill people. At the cause of the hill people, few Naga individual acting as stooge of the Communal State Government of Manipur have admitted themselves to be an agent working against the interest of the hill people.”
Moreover, in a separate rejoinder note, the Tangkhul Frontal Organisations (Against ADC Election 2010) in its strongest term reiterated to the press statement published on May 24,2010 under the headline “Naga Leaders’ Forum appeal for peace”. The TFO termed the released as “self style Forum without any root or authenticity and un-mandated and clarifies that there is no such organization mandated by the Naga public in the past or present stage”.
Alleging that the economic blockade at National highway 53 and 39 is the “reciprocatory or repercussion consequences of the government failure to rectify the bill of ADC 2008 Act and restrictions imposed to the visiting NSF officials to oversee the situation of May 6 aftermath at Mao gate where two Naga students were brutally gunned down and several others severely injured”. Thus any mayhem or troubles be responsible solely to the government of Manipur and no other organizations to blame.
The TFO also added that it is unfortunate to have black-sheeps “amidst in the co-Naga fellows who represent in their selfish ends at the time of Nagas mass exodus movement voicing uni-vocally the vulnerable and historical rights of the Nagas when it is deliberately distorted, suppressed and deprived the “just right” by the Meiteis”.
Moreover, the TFO has sternly warned that any person or mechanism distorting the historical rights of the Nagas on behest of calling the Democratic process when the people of the Nagas out-rightly rejected the imposed or force ADC election and repeatedly re-affirmed to boycott the ADC election in any Naga soil at any cost under the present form and content of ADC 2008 Act.
Dimapur, May 24 (MExN): The All Naga Students’ Association Manipur (ANSAM) has expressed strong resentment against the arrest of two student leaders of Zeliangrong Students’ Union, Manipur (ZSUM) - Micah Kamei and Paul Maithoulung Gangmei on fabricated allegation from Tarung under Senapati District on May 20 last by Manipur Police. The ANSAM has termed the arrest as politically motivated to intimidate and terrorize the two “dedicated student leaders” working in the fore front to protect the rights of the students particularly in remote district of Tamenglong and Zeliangrong villages in Manipur, stated a press note issued by its vice president.
It also claimed that the Communal state forces of Manipur has been acting and indulging extremely in anti people activities in Mao Gate where thousand of Naga People are taking shelter as displaced persons in Khuzama and Kisama. “The state forces continuing their reign of terror has now made Micah Kamei, Information & Publicity Secretary, ZSUM and Paul Maithoulung Gangmei, member ZSUM a soft target on unfounded allegations.”
The ANSAM has questioned the Communal State Government of Manipur for confining under duress the two students’ leaders of ZSUM under Police Custody in Imphal denounced the atrocities and denial of their right to be free. It also added that the Government of Manipur needs to take necessary steps to release the two students’ leaders unconditionally as they are promoters of student’s welfare. On further delay of their unconditional release, the ANSAM will be compelled to join hands with the ZSUM and other Naga Students Organizations to launch any democratic agitation to protect our rights from injustice, suppression and oppression by the State Communal forces in the hill districts.
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