Mokokchung, 13 August (MTNews): The United Naga Council (UNC) has “disowned” a representation submitted by 8 Naga MLAS in Manipur along with 32 other Manipur MLAs to the Prime Minister of India on 9 August.
The UNC in a statement on Sunday said that it was “devastated by the untimely move of eight (8) Naga legislators submitting Representation to the Prime Minister of India along with thirty two (32) others simultaneously on the day of the Naga Peoples Rally organized in the Naga hill districts of Manipur, negating the collective sentiments of the Naga populace.”
“It is worth mentioning here that the rally was organized under the aegis of the United Naga Council for exercising Government of India’s political will to resolve the long drawn Indo-Naga political conflict in the true spirit of 3rd August 2015 Framework Agreement between the Government of India and the National Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN),” UNC said.
The UNC said that while Nagas were all out reiterating for an inclusive, acceptable and honourable solution to the Indo-Naga political issue, submitting representation with some “contradictory demands” to the Prime Minister of India is highly uncalled for.
As such, it said that the UNC as the apex body representing 20 Naga tribes of Manipur feels it necessary to place on record that the Naga legislators who have appended their signatures “do not carry the collective aspirations and sentiments of the Nagas and hence disowned their representation.”