NSCN-IM reacts to ZUF statement
Source: The Sangai Express / Newmai News Network
Dimapur, March 02 2015:
The NSCN-IM has taken strong exception to the statement of Zeliangrong United Front (ZUF) in connection with the recent skirmishes that occurred in Tamenglong district.
The NSCN-IM said today that the reportage of March 1 where the "so called" Zeliangrong United Front (ZUF) "based in" Tamenglong district, created by the "adversary" of Naga people to put 'holes in our political aspiration, rings false alarm of having a gunfight with NSCN-IM on February 27 at Luangreng and Tamlok village of Tamenglong district and accusing us of fighting them in collaboration with the Assam Rifle is nothing but seeking attention' in a very wrong way.
According to the NSCN-IM statement, as told by the villagers who witnessed the skirmish with the Assam Rifle, they saw two injured ZUF cadres being taken away.
It is a peculiar situation where once a protector of ZUF has now becomes their worst nightmare.
"In order to continue and strengthen the policy of political and military dominance, renegades are often employed for the furtherance of such policy.
"However, the success of such instrument could hardly be seen as the camaraderie with the adversary like Assam Rifles are short-lived.
Thus, today, all partisan groups created to counter NSCN are head-on with their creator.
We Nagas must re-introspect and learn from this," the NSCN-IM said.
"If ZUF thinks that dragging in the name of NSCN in their target-less effort to survive is their ideology, then, they are highly mistaken.
They must review it before the big black storm come one day out of a sudden but it will be too late even to regret the wrong path they have taken," it added.