Rongmei bodies condemn Assam firing incident
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, December 15 2021:
Rongmei Lu Phuam (RLP), Rongmei Naga Youth Organization (RNYO) and Rongmei Naga Students' Organization (RNSO) Northeast India, in a joint press statement, expressed strong resentment over the recent incident at Karuluang Samtilan in Assam, on December 14, wherein an armed group, purportedly NSCN-IM, opened fire at public open spaces causing panic and civilian casualty.
"The incident is seen as intentional and underestimating attitude towards the Rongmei civilians.
The fact is, it is provocative and inciting mass resentment and is taken as a challenge.
Response is inevitable, so as justice is revealed and lesson learnt," the bodies said.
"It is quite shocking to know that the Naga Nationalist government now in current peace.talk with the GOI is seen to be offensive and oppressing the Naga civilians in Rongmei Naga inhabited areas of Assam and Manipur while the Indian military and security forces are committing brutality and atrocities to the civilians as if the GOI is going mad and mute at the Nagas in Naga inhabited areas and north eastern region in general," the statement continued.
The recent incident at Karuluang Samtila is a direct attempt to create public unrest and is an attempt to murder at will by the armed group involved.
"Therefore, the Joint Rongmei CSOs out-rightly condemn the ugly incident and demand the perpetrators to openly admit and seek public apology with remedial recompense for the damages and casualty made to the effected families and villagers within 15 days' time with immediate effect, failing which the public would be compelled to launch non-cooperation movement against the group," it said.The Rongmei CSOs then cautioned "the perpetrators to shun military operation and offensive mission against other factions/groups in all Rongmei inhabited areas henceforth".
"As resolved in the Charter Declaration of the Rongmei People Convention 2018 Tamenglong, the Rongmei Inhabited Areas is declared as Peace Zone.
No factional fight or offenses shall be tolerated anymore in the region," the statement added.