Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, July 19:
The chairman of the All Political Parties Forum, H Bhuban has written to Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee �to visit for a few hours� so that he himself could see the ground situation prevailing in Manipur due to the extension of the ceasefire in the State.
Stating that the ceasefire should be confined only inside Nagaland, the forum urged the Prime Minister not to extend it to other States.
�The alphabet �N� appearing last in NSCN and GPRN stands for Nagaland.
So, these organizations are Nagaland based and GoI must deal with them in Nagaland only,� the forum stated.
Manipuris are not convinced by the assurances of the Central leaders to preserve the territorial integrity of the State as Muivah has been saying in the same tune that the territorial integrity of neighbouring States will not be disturbed as Nagas are living in their own land, it said.
Greater Nagaland or Nagalim is supposed to have 1.2 lakh sq Km are, it said asking where from the additional will come to Nagaland which has only a little over 17 thousand sq Km.
The extension of ceasefire means extension of FIRE or NSCN (IM) influence.
Under the cover of the ceasefire, the NSCN (IM) will recruit and train cadres, establish extensive militant networks and camps, and indulge in extortion, collection of taxes, road blocks, murders and killings, elimination of moderate views, intimidation, coercion etc, it said.