UNC petitions BJP
Source: The Sangai Express / Newmai News Network
Senapati, March 16 2015:
The United Naga Council (UNC) has petitioned BJP National president Amit Shah demanding the latter's clarification on the Sadar Hills issue.
The UNC demanded from the BJP National president to clarify the party's political agenda on the issue of the 'so called' Sadar Hills of Senapati district and Jiribam sub-division.
"During the one day awareness cum mass enrolment program of the BJP on February 19, 2015 at Hengbung village in Senapati district, Th Chaoba Singh, president, BJP, Manipur State unit while speaking uttered that Sadar Hills would be up-graded to a full fledged district if, BJP comes to power in the next Manipur Legislative Assembly Election and also to up-grade Jiribam sub-division to full fledged district by carving/slicing out a sizable land portion from Naga tribal district of Tamenglong," pointed out the UNC.
It said that the issue of the so called Sadar Hills is one of the bones of contention that divide the tribal communities in particular.
Many bandhs and blockades had been organized and even precious lives and properties worth crores of rupees had been lost in this connection but knowingly, political party(s) still hold and play the communal card of Sadar Hills and Jiribam for their own electoral gains.
"Political parties, groups or individuals should not undermine the signing of four Memoranda of Understanding (MoU)' signed between the Government of Manipur and the Naga civil societies on December 14, 1981, November 10, 1992, September 27, 1996 and June 23,1998 and also the intervention of the Government of India on the issue in the recent past," said the UNC.