NSCN(IM)-GoI at loggerheads, again
Source: Hueiyen News Service / Newmai News Network

Dimapur, February 08 2013: When speculations on early settlement of the vexed Naga political issue have been fueled, a serious loggerhead has cropped up between the NSCN-IM and the Government of India yet again.

The blow-hot blow cold relation between the Government of India and the NSCN-IM has been getting murkier every passing day with both the sides confronting each other in their own sweet way.

With increasing cases of Assam Rifles arresting NSCN-IM cadres with weapons accusing them to 'to be used in the ensuing elections", NSCN-IM said today that New Delhi is imposing its diktat on the Naga outfit.

Addressing a press conference at Camp Hebron today, V.S.Atem who is the 'emissary' to NSCN-IM collective leadership' (Th Muivah and Isak Chisi Swu), accused the government of India of imposing its own way of cease fire ground rules on NSCN-IM.

Few days ago, Chairman of Cease Fire Monitoring Group (CFMG) N George banned NSCN-IM from carrying weapons by the latter's cadres even if they are card holders.

"As per the ground rules of the cease fire, card holders of our cadres can carry their weapons," V.S Atem asserted, terming the act of New Delhi as 'blatant violation of cease fire ground rules' .

V.S Atem said that NSCN-IM is taking seriously the development and the outfit had held a meeting yesterday.

"If the ceasefire ground rules are to be violated like this, then the fate of the cease fire is in a great threat," V.S Atem said, adding that NSCN-IM is not going to oblige to the latest diktat of the government of India come what may.

Harping on the other front, V.S Atem accused Manipur Chief Minister O Ibobi Singh of 'stoking communal fires between the Nagas and the Manipuris' by impressing upon the 'Prime Minister and the Union Home Minister of India to wipe out all the NSCN designated camps from Manipur' .

"To give this kind of reckless statement by Mr Ibobi amounts to stoking of communal fire between the Nagas and the Manipuris.

And this will definitely be treated as a violation of the ceasefire agreement by a constituent unit of the Government of India," V.S Atem added.

On the numerous cases of the NSCN-IM cadres shipping in to Nagaland with large number of weapons in recent time, V.S Atem said they were the claims of the Assam Rifles.

"We are not aware of those things," he added.

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