Kpi rally demands crackdown on NSCN (IM), ZUF
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KANGPOKPI, Jul 4: Demanding clamp down on NSCN-IM and ZUF, and condemning the alleged attempt to balkanise hill areas through repeated attacks on Kuki and Zo habitations, a large number of people took out a protest rally at Gamgiphai, Kangpokpi district today.
The rally, held under the aegis of CoTU, commenced from Taloulong Damdei and proceeded to the Gamgiphai buffer zone via NH-2 before returning to the starting point.
Protesters carried a giant banner accusing the NSCN-IM and Zeliangrong United Front (ZUF) of orchestrating attacks on Kuki-Zo villages, while asserting that the community would remain united and resist attempts to divide it.
Holding placards and raising slogans, the demonstrators demanded immediate Government intervention against armed groups allegedly operating in the hill districts.
Among the slogans echoed during the march were, "Stop selective action," "Clamp down on trans-national terrorists," "NSCN-IM down down," and "Where are the CAPF in Kamjong and Tamenglong?"
The protesters also displayed placards reading "Clamp down on NSCN-IM & ZUF: secessionist terrorists," "Stop balkanization of the hill areas," "Equal justice for equal rights," "Blockade on humanitarian supplies is a war crime," "Few hoodlums are controlling the State security," and "Where are the CAPF in Kamjong and Tamenglong?"
Addressing the media on the sidelines of the rally, CoTU spokesperson Ng Lun Kipgen alleged that the Government's policies were favouring one community over another and warned that such an approach would undermine Constitutional principles and National unity.
Citing the recent attacks on Kuki-Zo villages at Phaimol in Kamjong district on July 1 and Leikot in Tamenglong district on July 2, the CoTU spokesperson alleged that the incidents were intended to provoke retaliatory violence and trigger a wider Kuki-Naga conflict.
"We want to remind those attempting to engineer a major Kuki-Naga conflict that we will not fall into your trap," he asserted.
Calling for immediate intervention by both the State and Central Governments, CoTU spokesperson demanded that the operational freedom allegedly enjoyed by the NSCN-IM be reviewed, contending that the group's activities were incompatible with the spirit of its ceasefire agreement with the Government of India.
KANGPOKPI, Jul 4: Demanding clamp down on NSCN-IM and ZUF, and condemning the alleged attempt to balkanise hill areas through repeated attacks on Kuki and Zo habitations, a large number of people took out a protest rally at Gamgiphai, Kangpokpi district today.
The rally, held under the aegis of CoTU, commenced from Taloulong Damdei and proceeded to the Gamgiphai buffer zone via NH-2 before returning to the starting point.
Protesters carried a giant banner accusing the NSCN-IM and Zeliangrong United Front (ZUF) of orchestrating attacks on Kuki-Zo villages, while asserting that the community would remain united and resist attempts to divide it.
Holding placards and raising slogans, the demonstrators demanded immediate Government intervention against armed groups allegedly operating in the hill districts.
Among the slogans echoed during the march were, "Stop selective action," "Clamp down on trans-national terrorists," "NSCN-IM down down," and "Where are the CAPF in Kamjong and Tamenglong?"
The protesters also displayed placards reading "Clamp down on NSCN-IM & ZUF: secessionist terrorists," "Stop balkanization of the hill areas," "Equal justice for equal rights," "Blockade on humanitarian supplies is a war crime," "Few hoodlums are controlling the State security," and "Where are the CAPF in Kamjong and Tamenglong?"
Addressing the media on the sidelines of the rally, CoTU spokesperson Ng Lun Kipgen alleged that the Government's policies were favouring one community over another and warned that such an approach would undermine Constitutional principles and National unity.
Citing the recent attacks on Kuki-Zo villages at Phaimol in Kamjong district on July 1 and Leikot in Tamenglong district on July 2, the CoTU spokesperson alleged that the incidents were intended to provoke retaliatory violence and trigger a wider Kuki-Naga conflict.
"We want to remind those attempting to engineer a major Kuki-Naga conflict that we will not fall into your trap," he asserted.
Calling for immediate intervention by both the State and Central Governments, CoTU spokesperson demanded that the operational freedom allegedly enjoyed by the NSCN-IM be reviewed, contending that the group's activities were incompatible with the spirit of its ceasefire agreement with the Government of India.