Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, May 30:
Reacting to the charges of the CAO of Zeliangrong region of the NSCN (IM), MK Winning, the NSCN (K) today said that it is not them who are issuing diktats to the people but the IM group.
Speaking to the media today, the spokesperson of GPRN/NSCN Zeliangrong region of the Khaplang group said that the diktats and decrees issued by the IM group on the Naga people, particularly the Zeliangrong people is well known.
Citing an example, the spokesman said that IM cadres had stopped a team of the Zeliangrong Union from attending a meeting convened by the NSCN (K) to interact with public leaders and intellectuals.
This invariably raises the question of whether the Zeliangrong people need to take permission from the IM group to attend any meeting, said the spokesperson and asked whether the Zeliangrong people should be forced to live within the parameters laid down by the NSCN (IM).
The spokesperson also clarified that the NSCN (K) had summoned the CEO of Tamenglong District Autonomous Council, RK Ragaisin as the tax payable to the outfit has not been paid for the last two years.
During interrogation, the CEO admitted that taxes were paid regularly to the IM group but not the NSCN (K) and this is unfortunate, said the spokesperson.