Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, October 04:
Act of terrorism: PREPAK
The proscribed PREPAK has strongly condemned the twin bomb blast at Dimapur Railway Station and Hong Kong market on October 2 killing scores of innocent people and injuring several others.
Describing the blast as an act of terrorism, PREPAK in a statement today said all the people living in North Eastern region should condemn the incident.
Reacting to Union Home Minister Shivaraj Patil�s remarks made during his visit at the blast site wherein he insinuated that all militant groups in the region are terrorist organizations, the outfit said it only shows that the India Government has a hand in the blasts.
The condemnation expressed by UNO general secretary Kofi Annan over the incident was reasonable.
However, dubbing all the insurgent groups in the North Eastern region as terrorist organizations is objectionable, the statement said.
The insurgent groups operating in the region are not terrorists but revolutionary organizations fighting for independence with clear cut goals, aspirations and ideologies, PREPAK asserted.
India Government is only designing the series bomb blasts to divert the attention of the people from their demand for revocation of AFSPA from the region and to mislead them on revolutionary movement, PREPAK charged.
NWUM, TSL condemn blasts: The Naga Women�s Union, Manipur (NWUM) and the Imphal Tangkhul Shanao Long have strongly condemned the twin bomb blast triggered by militants at Dimapur on October 2 killing many innocent persons.
In a statement, the president of the NWUM said such act of terrorism and violence have no place in a peace loving society.
NWUM also appealed to the bandh supporters of NESO on October 5 to give free passage to the delegates/participants coming from different districts to attend the NWUM conference at Komlathabi in Chandel district.
In another statement, the Imphal Tangkhul Shanao Long also described the twin blast as an act of terrorism and appealed to the authorities concerned to book the culprits and punish them fittingly so that such act of terrorism do not occur in future.
The two organizations also shared the grief of the bereaved families and prayed for speedy physical and mental recovery of those who sustained injuries in the blasts.