The fate of NSCN-IM and its probable impact to the state of Manipur
- Imphal Times Editorial :: October 28 2020 -

The freezing wind that keeps the hills of Manipur, a once upon a time paradise for peace lovers, is finally getting even warmer this time.

Not only the hill but almost all people across this region feel warmer, not only because thousand trees have been cut down but also because there blows an uncertain wind that will only be felt short;y, (if in case the government of India stands with its decision).

The fall out of the ongoing peace talk initiated by GoI with the NSCN-IM is a daring challenge for all the people of Manipur even though it may be assumed as a blessing for the neighbouring state Nagaland.

This is being stated as almost all Naga community belonging to various ethnic groups have united, however, differences which still lingers among the various ethnic communities in Manipur due to the bitter truth of past events still divides the people.

The unfortunate part is that some actors still fails to recollect the near past where thousands of our brothers and sisters have sacrificed but still spells the myth of far past history of feudal days.

Rose, the lady of our Tangkhul community, who ended her life – like the ending of an immature blooming orchid blown away by the unfriendly wind, is not even a reality to some actors who seem to be rusting the iron hearted youths of the region.

But many ‘we’ still sheds tears for our sisters, aunties, brothers no matter they belongs to any community of this erstwhile kingdom because we were one and will be one forever.

It is not only the former Chief Minister of Nagaland SC Jamir dislike Tangkhul community but today the Tangkhul are treated like katcha Naga by the Majority community of Nagaland (as per news report appeared recently). NNPGs now have different strategy and is today the priority of the government of India.

Around 25 years of working by way of exchanging ideas among some few actors seems to have forgotten to discuss the reality of today’s society who has been in this part of land.

The trust that people of their own has been shattered and the guns that they bought from hard earn money of the people of their own are now no different from an ‘useless swords’.

It is upto the government of India that will now decide the fate of NSCN-IM. No matter how stubborn the NSCN-IM supremo Avakaran stands , he has been now reduce to toothless tiger today.

Today we are seeing the the might of NSCN-IM reducing to a mere war mongering group that will become ‘not admissible to anywhere’.

The entire people of the state which is a home of 36 different communities is now shrewdly kept in state of collusion.

Fate of the erstwhile nation has now been totally handed over to the authority of a younger nation that this erstwhile nation joined with great hopes but shattered since then.

The present modus operandi of today’s society and the grievances of the people seem to be out of the purview of the so call peace making process. Hate, enmity and jealousness have been injected and now the one time united people have been divided into pieces.

It is likely that screwy bullets that had haunted the people of Manipur may once more start floating here and there and it is also likely that the situation arisen may create a stalemate to the free movement of the innocent public once more.

For decades, the state of Manipur particularly in the Hill areas people had witnessed countless life from unwanted sound “pheecheeong” from the bayonets of many guns.

The later part of early 90s in the state of Manipur, if one recalled had seen many non authority mushroomed to countered by empowering themselves with SLP (self loaded powers).

The number of “pheecheeong..” had put all lives under tremendous fear, every community were terrorized.

Yes, please recalls the bloodiest blood bath between two major ethnic groups of the state ignited by the NSCN-IM in the early 90s and please let us not make that bloody history repeat to any other groups.