ZCOs belittle RNPO, RNCM's statement
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, June 27 2022:
Reacting to RNPO and RNCM's clarification on Zeliangrong Civil Organisations' (ZCOs) political stance, the ZCOs have said that the two Rongmei bodies are trying to show the Zeliangrong civil bodies in a bad light.
Clarifying their position in a statement, the ZCOs said that as Zeliangrong people are one of the stakeholders of the Naga political issue and are law abiding citizens of India, until the Nagas attain a complete sovereign state status, attending any consultative meeting convened by any political groups to know the details and progress of the political negotiation between the government of India and the Naga political negotiating groups should not be construed or misconceived as anti Naga or anti India.
Considering the ground reality, ZCOs want political solution out of the political negotiation which has been going on between the different Naga political groups and government of India, they added.
The ZCOs continued that the Zeliangrongs being one of the major Naga communities are serving in almost all the Naga political groups such as NSCN(IM), NSCN(R), NSCN (NK), NSCN(U), NNC, FGN, etc., apart from ZUF, who are engaged in political negotiation with the government of India.
"Therefore, Zeliangrongs cannot disown or abandon their own brothers who are enrolled in different Naga political groups", the Zeliangrong bodies said while reiterating that they are ready for talks with any political groups who are currently in talks with the government of India.
They went on to say, "The situation of Zeliangrong people is not same with the other Naga tribes because Zeliangrong people are not concentrated in specific areas nor confined in a single sub division, district or state but live in different areas, sub divisions, districts or states where different laws of the respective states are being administered upon.
What is applicable in Manipur state is not practicable in Nagaland and Assam or vice versa.
Zeliangrong people should be very cautious in all social or political issues because slight negligence could hurt the interest and sentiment of our own people who lives in different states." The ZCOs then said, "The RNPO and RNCM trying to cast the ZCOs in the wrong light is very unfortunate.
It would be better if RNPO and RNCM try to understand the ground reality before hurling baseless allegation upon ZCOs.
It is not a time to hurl baseless allegation against each other and it is not a time to rake up unnecessary issue but it is high time to rise above narrow mind-set.
It is high time to think for collective future because Naga people political solution is for all Nagas where no single Naga can differentiate or discriminate against another" .