NSCN accuses Delhi of violating pact
Source: The Sangai Express / Newmai News Network
Dimapur, January 16, 2012:
Two days after the fiasco near Camp Hebron with the Assam Rifles, the NSCN-IM has accused New Delhi of violating the ceasefire ground rules.
NSCN-IM chairman Isak Chisi Swu and the outfit's general secretary Th Muivah were prevented by Assam Rifles personnel from visiting Swu's home town Zunheboto (in Nagaland) under the directive of the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Saturday.
Expressing anger over the development, NSCN-IM leader VS Atem in a press conference in Dimapur today said the act of the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) was nothing but a violation of the ceasefire ground rules.
"The Government of India wants to solve the Naga political problem.
The Nagas want the solution.
However, if we don't meet our people for consultation how can we move forward in solving the problem ?" fumed VS Atem, a former 'military chief' of the NSCN-IM.
On Saturday, Muivah and Swu were on their way to Zunheboto from their camp Hebron in a large entourage consisting of about 70 vehicles but were stopped by the waiting Assam Rifles at Bade village led by an Assam Rifles Brigadier at around 9.30 am.