KReF retorts GPRN/NSCN Khurmi region's statement
Source: The Sangai Express

Kangpokpi, March 04 2016 : A progressive socio-cultural reformation forum for the Kukis, Kuki Reformation Forum (KReF) today, in a rejoinder to the GPRN/NSCN-IM (CAO, Khurmi Region) press statement, said that it is obviously not the Kuki CSOs who tarnish the image of the GPRN/NSCN-IM, but the principle of communal and hatred politics of the NSCN-IM, which has hurt itself by fomenting hatred, enmity and killing using peace loving Aimol Kuki tribe in Chandel district.

It said that the NSCN-IM, which was once deemed the mother of all insurgent groups in the Northeast region and which is currently engaged with the Govt of India in a peace talk, should think twice for its reputation before making such reckless decision to kill an innocent school teacher, Late Thongkhogin Haokip on February 29 and subsequently denying the same when it failed to give reasonable explanation for the crime it has committed.

Vehemently condemning the alleged NSCN-IM's act of heinous crime and its continued disturbance of peaceful atmosphere in the region, the KReF said that the continued aggressive posturing and brazen display of one's might will never ensure peace and tranquility in Chandel district and asked the NSCN-IM to stop its blatant violation of basic human rights immediately and instead strive for peaceful co-existence among the diverse ethnic groups in the state.

The KReF also alleged that the kind of politics pursued by NSCN-IM in Chandel districts can be easily understood while adding that the group first terrorized the minority tribes to submission in fear with the use of its arm force, then radicalized the youths one after another and finally made these Kuki tribes formally declared themselves as Naga tribes.

However, the language or dialects, traditions, cultures, clothes, etc shall remain indelible proof that the tribes of Chandel district belong to the Kuki fold, the KReF said while adding that Ch Chanthoi Aimol, ADC Chandel testified it when he rightly said, "The Aimol's are not 100% Nagas in terms of historical background, culture, tradition and language, they in fact, belong to the Chin-Kuki-Mizo ethnic groups" .

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