Govt would respond to any action against non-local Indian citizens : Ibobi State Govt sees eye to eye with JCLIPS on ILPS
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State lad tops Nagaland Class X Board exams
IMPHAL, May 21: Helaluddin Shah s/o Md Islauddin and Sanarembi of Borayangbi under Kumbi AC has topped the HSLCE 2013 conducted by the Nagaland Board of School Education, results of which was declared in the intervening night of May 20 and 21. Helaluddin.....
More eviction
IMPHAL, May 21 :The State Government has decided to evict encroachers for expansion of roads in Imphal and greater Imphal areas. The State Government has initiated necessary procedures to evict encroachers as it feels that many roads in Imphal and grea.....
KSO suspends strike, blockade
IMPHAL, May 21 : Respon-ding to the assurance of Chief Minister O Ibobi to carry forward the backlog of 474 ST posts in the ensuing recruitment of 2000 numbers of Manipur Police Constables, and also to take immediate action regarding the backlog of 28 dif.....
CM convenes meet
IMPHAL, May 21 :Chief Minister O Ibobi today convened a meeting of the delegates who would be visiting Myanmar along with him and discussed about their forthcoming foreign trip. The delegation which would be led by the Chief Minister would take part in.....
Rabies fear stalks Phumlou village
IMPHAL, May 21: Besides report about three persons succumbing to suspected cases of rabies after the victims were reportedly bitten by dogs, locals of Phumlou village under Imphal West district are gripped with fear. According to a reliable source, atl.....
Shirui Lily Fest Showcases Rich Culture Of Tangkhul Community Cultural extravaganza marks week long fest
UKHRUL, May 21: Cultural items, display of Tangkhul traditional cuisines and attires, flower show, painting competition and entertainment programmes marked the concluding day of the district level Shirui Lily Week-2013 today at Shirui village under Ukhrul.....
Pledge taken to protect human lives, values
IMPHAL, May 21: Like in other parts of the country, pledges were taken to protect human lives and values as Manipur too joined in the observance of 22nd national anti-terrorism day today. The observance is held to commemorate the death anniversary of f.....
NGOs say no to oil exploration
IMPHAL, May 21: Twenty-four NGOs including student organizations and human rights defenders today submitted a representation to Chief Minister O Ibobi Singh urging him to take steps to halt the ongoing oil exploration process and extraction works in the h.....
CSOs raid Hotel Centre Point
IMPHAL, May 21: Volunteers of different civil society organisations today raided Hotel Centre Point at MG Avenue and pulled up its manager. Volunteers of 16 civil society organisations including CLK, IPSA, KEL, ACOAM Lup, PANDM etc raided the hotel and.....
PM corrects age to 80 in RS poll papers
Guwahati, May 21: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, the Congress Rajya Sabha candidate from Assam, has filed a fresh affidavit correcting his age to 80 prior to scrutiny of the nominations today. The Prime Minister submitted the fresh affidavit two days a.....
Oklahoma tornado Many children among 91 feared killed
MOORE, OKLAHOMA, May 20: At least 91 people, including 20 children, were feared killed when a 2 mile wide tornado tore through an Oklahoma City suburb, trapping victims beneath the rubble as one elementary school took a direct hit and another was destroye.....
MKS condoles
IMPHAL, May 21 :The Maram Students’ Union (MKS) has condoled the untimely demise of its former Education Secretary, R Graceson Rangnamei, a second semester student of MA at MU. A statement issued by the MKS said the union would cherish his associatio.....
‘Go Green Fortnight’
IMPHAL, May 21 :Aimed at promoting greenery, atleast in and around their deployment areas, and furthering its undeterred efforts of preserving the bounty of the nature, the Assam Rifles under a specific roadmap worked out by the IGAR (S) Maj Gen UK Gurung.....
ZU condemns
IMPHAL, May 21 : Condemning the abduction and killing of Poushingdai Gonmei, a cadre of NSCN-IM by the ZUF on May 18, the Zeliangrong Union, Bishnupur, Sadar Area Zone has appealed to all concerned armed groups operating in Zeliangrong areas not to resort.....
Painting competition
IMPHAL, May 20: A State level cooperative painting competition would be held on May 29 by the Department of Cooperation, Govt of Manipur at the premises of Registrar of Manipur Cooperative Societies, Lamphelpat on the theme Cooperative as a means of livel.....
BSNL network
IMPHAL, May 20: Telephone exchanges including GSM mobile, WLL and Broadband connections of BSNL would be disrupted at BSNL installations at Hiyangthang, Wangoi and Mayang Imphal Exchanges, due to sudden breakdown of OFC route near Pishumthong Ningom Leika.....
KRF denies
IMPHAL, May 21: The Kuki Revolutionary Front (KRF) has denied having any knowledge on the alleged abduction of Nepali youths from Gopibung, Mahavir and Shantolabari areas under Kangpokpi PS. Terming the allegation as baseless and false, a statement iss.....
Dispute resolved
IMPHAL, May 21: The dispute between Rangshong, Chief of Awang Longa Koireng and Rengsutsong Koireng was settled under the laws of Satang Area Chiefs' Association at the residence of H Gelmol village chief on May 20. A statement issued by the SACA said .....
New students' body floated
IMPHAL, May 21: Along with announcing formation of a new students' organisation christened Reformist Students' Front (RSF), its general secretary BCY Atiqur said that RSF was formed to take up issues related to rights of the student community. Affirmin.....
Diaspora Speak
By : Dr Irengbam Mohendra Singh
Manipur with uncertain boundaries
As realities and cognition across Manipur’s borders are uncertain there is an urgent need for boundary perceptions at the fag end of this year of 2012. Even within the same population there are substantial differences in beliefs. The process by which one state estimates another’s intentions is now undergoing transformation.
As boundary changes are uncertain let’s build a smarter Manipur. As a school boy I learnt a few Sanskrit slokas. One of them is “kanth keno kanth kang” meaning - if you have a thorn [in your foot] you need another thorn to take it out. Also Newton’s third law of motion: every action has an equal and opposite reaction. If you put a cup of tea on a table it does not fall through as the table is exerting an equal and opposite pressure.
One has to take pole position for dividends. The Manipuri public needs judicial and political decision-making. Gone from the present day is the belief that interstate relations are exclusively the province of the elite. A popularisation of interstate relations has occurred that was unanticipated a few decades ago. In Manipur, the United Naga Council is such a public body that is anticipating such a boundary change.
While to protect the international boundary of Manipur is the responsibility of the Central Government, the protection of the interststate boundary is the responsibility of the Manipur Government. Therefore, “the people of Manipur” are obligated to pass on their opinion to the incumbent Government of Manipur and the Central Government.
It is necessary here to qualify “the people of Manipur”. The people of Manipur are those who love and want to live in Manipur. Manipur is not Meiteilam (Meiteiland). It is for all those who feel themselves Manipuris, including the Nepalese and the Mayangs. Those who are not will soon become apparent and history will be a witness. The so called four Naga-inhabited districts of Manipur have many Nagas and non-Nagas who love and want to live in Manipur.
Though the interstate boundaries in India are mostly well-defined there are a few that are not so well-defined and are disputed.
Such a dispute is currently running between Assam and Nagaland. One Boundary Commission was constituted for demarcating the boundary between Assam and Nagaland under Shri K.V.K. Sundaram in 1971. The learned Commission after mature deliberations and detailed study of historical records upheld Assam’s claims, which were rejected by the State Government of Nagaland. At present the Hon’ble Supreme Court is hearing the boundary dispute between Assam and Nagaland.
There has been boundary dispute between Manipur and the Naga Hill district for ages. As the hill areas of the Naga Hill District over which Manipur had territorial jurisdiction was vague and ill-defined, a boundary line between Manipur and Naga Hills was drawn in 1872, but there was no clear main line of division (Sema: 1986, Boundary Dispute-1872, Records and Indices, Nagaland State Archives).
I have cited a couple of legal documents, not for their contents but for the fact that the boundary issue between Manipur and Nagaland exists, unresolved as yet.
The Nagaland-Manipur boundary issue is comparatively simple while the dispute for the return of Kabaw Valley is complicated in view of the fact that it was “gifted” by India to Burma. When something is given to someone as a gift there is very little one can do if the other party is unwilling to give it back.
In the case of Manipur versus Naga Hill District, now Nagaland, the village district of Kohima was taken from Chandrakriti Maharaja under duress by the British. After the Anglo-Manipuri War of 1891 Manipur’s northern boundary as Mao-Maram was simply demarcated by the British administration of Manipur. When the British left in 1947 nothing was done to redemarcate Manipur’s northern boundary.
While there is a border dispute between Manipur and Nagalnad, both states should agree to resolve their territorial and jurisdictional disputes by peaceful means, without resorting to threat or use of force, through friendly consultations and negotiations.
Rather than they claiming Manipur’s territory to which they have no right, Manipuris should be claiming our territory to which we have a legitimate right in view of the cryptic musings and strange interludes of the Government of India, while inviting the people of Manipur to act rational all the time.
In building a smarter Manipur with the district of Kohima joined to Senapati, Ukhrul and Tamenglong districts there will be a large Naga District in Manipur that will be autonomous. As Mr Muivah is a Tangkhul, he is unlikely to be very welcome to Nagaland without the homecoming present of a sovereign Nagaland or Greater Nagalim, though it might be an ‘Associate State’ under the Indian Constitution, a space could be created there for him.
Internally, in Manipur, people should not rely solely on the Chief Minister Ibobi in spite of his excellent credentials and good track record, to negotiate on our behalf. Once bitten twice shy should be the compelling reason why he should take a mandate from the public to persuade the Government of India that Manipuris are against the flagrant violation of Manipur’ territory.
Chandrakriti and Bodhchandra had their elbows twisted for Manipur to be in this situation - uncertain whether the state of Manipur will ever be wiped off. We must learn from the mistakes of the past. With animosity to no one, it is a matter of survival of the fittest. We must approach this generational hurdle with a mixture of sadness and finger-crossing triumph.
Manipur as it is, was considered by the neo-Dominion of India too small to exist as a state and was going to be merged with Assam. Manipur without the four districts and any resources will just be a paper tiger, caput, persona non grata. Manipuris eat and drink a little bit of India everyday. We need permission from India even to breathe.
Manipur by any other name will stay next to Burma as India’s buffer zone, in case of a war with Burma with or without the Chinese. The British kept Afghanistan as a buffer zone to protect British India against Russia. To protect Delhi, all the four invading forces from Afghanistan were met and fought at Panipat in the present Haryana. Whether the Manipuris cease to exist is not paramount for India.
As Homer’s Iliad says doing something honourable is always brave. Agreeing with Homer, there is nothing worse than letting people control our lives; nothing is worse than being on a project and not being able to have a voice.
Having searched the ruins for trapped doors, and amid the ruins the people of Manipur could do better in looking after the integrity of Manipur than those in 1874 (Chandrakriti) and 1947 (Bodhchandra). From two bereavements we do not want to end up feeling as if the ground had been pulled out from under our feet.
Refusing to face realities and take cognizance that something, which could be dangerous to all us are both wildly autonomous and utterly powerless trenchant comedy.
Nobody knows what is meant by an “Alternative Arrangement” as demanded by the United Naga Council. It seems to me it is like an arrangement in a divorce settlement where the divorcing wife says to the husband that she will stay in the marital home and share certain facilities like the toilets and kitchen, but she will be free to do what she wants with the new man in her life.
The zeitgeist (spirit of the time) is problematic with a divisive and fragmented society, but the dominant school of thought should be a clear peaceful public declaration of our intentions that neither an alternative arrangement nor a partition of Manipur is an option. This is our democratic right - a freedom of speech and a freedom of choice.
This manifesto is an act of seeking, receiving and imparting information of all kinds that is recognised as a human right under Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and recognised in international human rights law though it may be subject to certain restrictions, such as protection of national security or Public Disorder.
As we are the people of the hour, let’s be succinct in doing something about the present challenges and opportunities facing Manipur despite the internal ruptures, rebellions and pathologies, rather than waiting restlessly for the brutal outcome of the Indo-Naga talks, so it can scour us more deeply.
We should try to have a forum at which the Meiteis have face to face talks with the Nagas for all times’ sake, to thrash out any grievances from both sides. I am sure there are so many things that can be aired out and resolved so that we can live in harmony forever as Manipuris.
Conscious that a statement is expected soon about the Indo-Naga talks, and speaking gravely about Manipur’s diplomacy, the motto of the people of Manipur should be - “There will always be a Manipur - undivided” at moments like this.
Let me end this article with another Sanskrit verse: janani janmabhumisa swargadapi gariyasi - mother and motherland are higher than heaven.
PS. Map of Zalengam: the only ridiculous bit is that the Imphal valley is left white while the surrounding Kukilam is painted green. I hope they paint it green in the next exhibit as they do over Paitelam in Churachandpur such as Lamka (crossroad in Paite).
The writer is based in the UK Email: imsingh@onetel.com Website: www.drimsingh.co.uk
john serto
Dr. irengbam, where did you get this brain to write this trash! How can u put a condition that manipur is meant for people who love manipur? Do u know wehre the term manipur came from? Have u forgotten meitei land was confined to Kangla? What a hegemonistic mindset u have? Dont u know Indian constitution? Parliament not state has the authority to redraw state boundaries...brush up ur knowledge.
Gaidon
The policy and method of India’s forceful rule over the smaller nations is exactly practiced by Meiteis at present. Until merger of 1949, Meiteis were never ruled by Indian at any point of time but Indian applied forces and manipulated few Meitei key persons and opportunists and thrusted their power in the hearts of all the Meiteis of Kangleipak. In the same way, the hill people either Naga or Kuki or any other tribe never recognized Meitei’s rule over the hills at any point of time. They were, in fact, nothing more than neighbours before the GoI created Manipur state. Naga UG started fighting for freedom before British reign was over and Meitei UGs followed up in 1964 with the help of Naga UGs and they were/are fighting separately for the sovereignty of Kangleipak and Nagaland. They never fought together for Kangleipak or Manipur at any point of time. Meitei UGs never even thought of making their goal as one with Naga UGs for Kangleipak freedom.Their goals were never the same at all times. But now taking the advantage of GoI’s help and India’s forceful rule over the Nagas and the hill people, Meitei govt, civil orgs, UGs and others vehemently started apposing Naga National movement with the help of Indian govt forces, and manipulated some tribal opportunists, empowered them and make them speak Meiteis’ heart on behalf of Meiteis thereby dividing the hill people into two groups viz Meitei controlled hill people and supporters of patriotic leaders. In fact, those Meitei controlled people also want the hill people have their own administration apart from Meitei but because of their helplessness or love of money and power, they can’t displeased their Meitei temporary benefactors and they can’t utter their people’s interest if it is not in the interest of Meiteis.
Gaidon
(cont)The same situation applied on Meiteis too by Indian till today. Meiteis know that they belonged to free nation and can’t deny that they want sovereignty but those Indian-empowered-opportunists or traitors, on behalf of Indian, can easily overpower the patriotic, selfless freedom fighters and supporters as they have nothing to offer at hand. Meiteis know that the stronger and more powerful one is ruling them forcefully and they want to be free from the forceful rule, but sadly they don’t think that the hill people also want to be left alone. They never accept that meiteis are not wanted in the hill people’s administration in the same way that Meiteis don’t want Indian in their administration. Meiteis never try to understand the realities of the hill people. Their double standard is really hitting the roof but still with great pride and in the name of Manipur Integrity, they are trying their level best to destroy the unity of various tribes of Nagas and Kukis to make them able to continue their hegemonic rule without any difficulties. The hill people are totally controlled. No movement for development or any initiatives to receive something directly from central govt is allowed. Everything about the hill people is handled by Meiteis from imphal. Nothing is allowed to be done in the hill areas without the authority of Meiteis. Tribal leaders’ movements are kept under strict vigilance. Without the consent of Meiteis, tribal leaders are not even allowed to exercise freedom of movement. As long as the puppets from the hill people are under their control, they can manipulate everything according to their will and interest in all the affairs of the hill people. The difference between Indian and Meiteis’ forceful rule is Meiteis are more divisive, aggressive, manipulative, sadistic and selfish than Indian. But Indian are much more powerful, cleverer and advanced, and without the help of GoI, Meiteis’ opposition against the hill people’s movement or Meitei’s hegemonic rule will not last even a month. (to be cont)
Gaidon
In the name of Manipur Integrity, Meiteis have done a great havoc in Manipur. Rights of the hill people are continuously and haughtily denied by Meiteis. The powerful and influencial GoI is now made to realise that forceful rule brings shame and will not give peace a chance, and now they are willing to understand those struggling/oppressed people through dialogue. But Meiteis called it as ‘divide and rule’ policy, and straight forwardly continuing to try to destroy the hill people’s movement and wholeheartedly supported UNLF and other UGs’ Meitei sovereignty movement. How long will this last? Separation of administration is an inevitable. It’s only a matter of time.
khrasi mao
go on gaidon, i agree wit u. This meeteis count the tribals only for territory becos they siphoned all fund of the tribals. Mr. Singh from uk wisely has realised the inevitable has come but its too late my foreign guru. The damage to the tribals is too much n too long to repair. What effort the present meetei civil orgsns is doing to heed u anyway.
@gaidonkey
The ideology and action of NSCN IM is no different from AL QUEDA except they do and speak under da guise of christianity making it a dirty religion.for so many decades,they have been sucking da blood of manipur more so of da hill people and the tribals in particular...some tangkhuls who served as CMs also worked under the dictate of NSCN IM..GAIDON,just imagine,how much money is being spend by ur leaders to buy houses in amsterdame,to buy girls in thailand and to buy weapons for extortion?? ALL FUNDS FOR DEVELOPMENT OF HILLS GOES DIRECTLY TO COMMANDER OR KILONSER OF NSCN IM VIA DC OFFICES...so now da GoI knows wat to do wit These bastards...if they start shooting these pigs,they will force da innocent tribals to hold rallies n shout for them..may be use them as shields...ONE AMAZING FACT THOSE VILLAGES WHO CUD NT SPONSOR ATLEAST 20 VILLAGERS FOR ALT. ARRNGMNT RALLY,THE VILLAGE HEADMAN SUD PAY A FINE OF 5000 RUPEES OR FACE DA WRATH OF TH MUIVAH..SO DA PEOPLE OF DA HILLS R STILL LIVING IN DARK SURROUNDED BY FEAR...IT"S TIME TO DESTROY TH MUIVAH AND SENT HIM TO HELL>AMEN
NAMELESS WARRIOR...
The recent demonstration of competitive eageness by Nagaland CM N. Rio & Nagaland legislator to support the " peace" puportedly being cook between Delhi & IM were nothing but drama. In a political two steps Union HM SK Shinde has assured the Nagas of a " peace" gift before the election early next yrs. The Nagas public however is all too familiar with this periodic show. They know that peace is a distant dreams - not inherently distant but bcoz Delhi, by design or default, makes it so. They knows that by ignorring the crucial stake holder & pampering a set of gun- tottering men who have little resonance with with the broad Nags family, Delhi might cobble together a deal- one that wil bring anything but peace. The polemic of the fraction Naga politics have been rendered more complex by Delhi's reckless intervention. Instead of of appreciating the intricacies of the Naga polity - comprising over 25 tribes, each a proud owner & inheritor of a distinct culture, language, tradition & geography , esposing a distinct world veiw , falling within the broad rubric of the Nagas family - Delhi deals with it as if it it were a homogenous collective with common aspiration. Thus it belive that making a deals woth one set would satisfy the rest. How else to explain its abiding faith in the peace process with the IM quintessentially an entity of Tangkhul tribes of Manipur, having little resonance with other Nagas notwith standing its pan- Nagas rhetoric ? (contd)
NAMELESS WARRIOR...
(contd). There are other potent Naga militias aligned along tribal lines not in the orbit of centre's peace entetprises. The NSCN-K holds sways over almost entire eastern Nagaland - nearly half the state of & its people - and resonate wells with the locals including the Konyaks, the largest tribes of Nsgas tribes. NSCN(KK) - essentially a militia of the sumis, one of the larger Naga tribes - control a large swathe of Nagaland adjoning Manipur & also has heavy presence in Dimapur district. The NNC, the mother of all Nagas militias though now a rump of its older self, deeply resonates with the Angamis, the second largest ribes of and thier kin tribes in Kohima & adjoining regions. Besides these the militias, the traditional bodies that carry much the weight with thier respective tribes, are also not in the reckoning of Delhi 's peace enterprises. The peace project, thus severly truncated , got further undermined with the exclusion of the Nagaland state goverment. I.K Gujaral, the PM who presided over the formalisation engagement with the IM in 1997 , decided to ingnores the state goverment. He did it, in the face of professional advice to contrary, to placate the billigerent Th.Muivah , IM supremo. To Muivah , the popularly elected Nagaland Govt. was illegitimates & S.C Jamir, the then CM, was his bete- noire. Nagaland & Delhi had diffrent political dispensation at the helms then, making it easier for Mr. Gujaral to ignores Mr.Jamir .Subsequently govt. of Delhi preffered not to rock the boat & nonchalantly carried on with the charade. Having achieved exclusion of the State govt. from the process , Mr. Muivah insisted on Mr.Jamir removal. He knews his boggest challengecwas not managing a distant Delhi bit an incovenient Naga govt. at home. In the run-up to 2003 elecion -the first after the cease fire- he threw tantrum seeking Mr.Jamir dismissal & holding election under president rule. K.Padmana bhaiah, the centre's intetlocutor, played along & sought to influence LK Advani , the then Deputy PM & HM. Mr.Advano was not moved, but the Assam Rifle - a central force with mandate to enforces the cease fire rule & ensure that armed IM cadres remained confined to designated camps & didnot interfere in the election - turned a blind eye to the widespread violation by the outfiy. (contd)
Senses
Until the establishment of modern India, the Naga area was an undefined territory in the modern concept of state/country. During the British administration the Meiteis claimed the surrounding hill areas of Imphal as part of their domain and the British administration obliged considering it politically expedient to please Meitei king at Imphal because of Burma. The claim of Meitei control over the hill areas was only limited to official documents of British administration, whose importance the Nagas didn't realize. In practice no Meitei kings had ever set foot on the Naga areas as the royal highness, or to enforce allegiance, or to collect tax, or to promote welfare of the people. A few times Meitei kings set foot on Naga hills were just part of their journey to Assam through Imphal-Cachar road or Imphal Dimapur road, or journey to Kabaw valley passing Pallel or Heirok. There were at best some skirmishes at some villages which ends as the visitors departed. Yes, there were some 'FRIENDLY' visits by some Meitei kings to some Naga villages, which the Meitei kings interpreted and bragged as military expedition and subjugation of Naga villages as soon as they returned to their palace. The gullible Naga chiefs basked at the thought of being in friendship and brotherhood with the mighty Meitei king, while on the other hand their so called 'friend' claimed conquest. The British administration knew this reality, so they put the valley and hill areas under separate administration. Nagas need not be fooled again with Meitei "friendship" or "brotherhood". The earlier the Meiteis realise this fact the better.
NAMELESS WARRIOR...
contd. Mr. Muivah' boys had the field to themselves. They targetted candidates with IM. Popular cries for riening them in went unheared. Mr.Muivah had proped up N.Rio, a renegade congress man turned acolyte who had forged a tactical electoral alliance with the BJP, the ruling party in Delhi. Mr. Rio came to power & his goverment became a proxy for the Govt. of GPRN( Govt of people Republic Nagalim) of which Mr. Muivah is self style 'PM'. Many a times it became difficult to detetmine who rule the State - Mr. Rio or Mr.Muivah. With the state Govt backing IM sought to enlarge ots foot print in Nagaland. Its Manoeuvres provokes a fierces backlash from other Naga millitias. Bloody clashes ensued . The state witnessed an unptecedented spike in violence untill the rivals undid the military gains of the Im & restored the balance of power in thier favor. Over 800 people were killed in about 15000 bloody clashes with the IM. Though constituitionally mandated to msintain public order, Mr.Rio extricated himself from the responsibility on the pleas that the state govt was not party to d 'peace process' with the militias & it was for centre to tein them in. Excluded from the 'peace process' & its obligation ,Mr.Rio was free to gives curreny to the 'revolutionary' vocabularlu of Ultra- Nsgas nationalist. He reverse prevous state govt policy of equi-distance from all millitias & advocated a policy of equi-closeness . He debunked the 16-points agreement between the centre & the Naga People's convention in 1959 & called the Nagaland State, its ptoduct, illegitimate. Indeed he tried to turn the clock of Naga history to 1950's, negating all the gains since then. ( contd.)
NAMELESS WARRIOR...
contd. Another crucial stakeholder excluded from the ongoing peace project is the Manipur goverment. Delhi's hush-hush deal with the IM had devastated Manipur & brought untold mieries to its people starting from the sky rocketed prices of daily commodities due to never ending blockade & taxs in NH to killing & abduction of innocent govt. employees or innocent people by the support of IM & its collaboration. Since the professed objective of the outfit is to dismember the State & take away two-thirds of its territory, a protracted negotiation with it without the Manipur govt. on boards had given room for wild speculation & stirred vosceral existential feats amongs the Manipuris. It resurrected the Valley based UG. It has turned neigbhour - the plainspeople & the hills people- into bitter enemies....EE GEE LAMAN DEE EENA SINGNI..EEMA GEE LAMAN SU EENA SINGNI...LONG LIVE MANIPUR...APUNBANA YAIFARE...LONGLIVE KANGLEIPAK...DOWNS TO INFIDELS & TRAITORS..THY WILL THY WILL BE DONE...LET IT BE...
Gaidon
No matter what meitei say about Muivah, no matter what Muivah and NSCNs do, Naga people in Manipur will leave no stone unturned to remain apart from Meitei hegemonic rule. It's not only NSCNs or UGs, Nagas in Manipur want to embrace change and begin a new free life. They have been deprived for too long by the Meiteis. Now Nagas are no longer willing to bear Meiteis' hegemonic control. Meiteis are too haughty, selfish and dangerous to live together with.
robin ngangom
@Gaidon, khrasi mao, etc. Meiteis are too haughty, selfish and dangerous... Smart, intelligent and knows statecraft, too - otherwise, how could have they ruled over you? No offense Thinking makes a person perfect.
@ cheap Katcha
Who are the National High way looters? The well understood answer is Kacha Nagas. Kach Nagas of Manipur are still living in the prehistoric age. You just need five things to understand kacha Nagas, they are: i) They oppose with tooth and Nail for creation of Sadar Hills as that will encroach their land, while they cry for creation of Greater Nagaland which will encroach chunk of others land in Manipur, Assam and Arunachal and they have no shame of declaring it. ii) The longest Serving CM in Manipur was a kacha Naga. Kacha nagas have over enjoyed all the privileges in Manipur but shamelessly decried the very place and people who have given them so much. iii) They kill and maimed their subjects and rendered them homeless, while they cry to the whole world that they are the victimized people. iv) Kacha nagas of Manipur should be bundled to the African jungles so that they can live in peace with their friends. There is no more scope to appease Kacha Nagas of Manipur. Not even Heaven can help. God bless us all. v) Even if the Greater Nagland is given they will continue to loot the highway without accountability. They have no better business than looting, killing their subjects. Oh God! Why did u create Kacha Nagas? Africa is the only place available for them on this earth.
The unique history of Nagas
The unique history of Nagas is that they do not have any written history as there is no ethnic group called Naga exited in the history. It may be remembered that the term ‘Naga’ comes from “Nangga”, which means “Naked”, given by the Assamese and popularised by the British. Now the term has been politicised by the underground thugs and UNC is an agent of it. So let them bark as long as they want.
