AA Demand:: UNC to resume its stir from Aug 12
Source: Hueiyen News Service / NNN
Senapati, August 06 2013:
IN protest against the non-resumption of tripartite talks on its demand for 'Alternative Arragement' for the Nagas in Manipur, UNC is all set to resume its agitations from August 12 .
According to a statement issued by UNC today, all its leaders met on August 5 at Senapati and decided to resort to a series of agitations including a 48-hour total bandh, indefinite banning of national projects under its jurisdiction and boycotting of Independence Day celebrations.
The meeting which was also attended by all the regional and Naga frontal organisations also took strong exception to the lack of respect for the democratic process of dialogue by the GoI and the government of Manipur which had been put in place at the instance of the government of India.
"While it has been placed on record by the UNC team in the tripartite talks that the government of India and the government of Manipur must be respectful of the democratic process of dialogue and avoid delays in taking it forward, the delay in convening the 6th round of talk even after lapse of more than 5 months since the last talk, which concluded with assurance for convening the next round at an early date and the non receipt of any communication from the government of India to the request for indicating the date for the next round of talk even after lapse of 20 days reflects insincerity and lack of seriousness of the government of India in taking forward the dialogue process that it has initiated, to its logical conclusion," UNC said.
It went on to say that the dialogue process was initiated by the government of India because of the social divide on communal lines created by years of suppression, exploitation and discrimination on the Nagas has not resulted in toning down on the communal policies and activities of the GoM and the communal forces which informs its decision.
These relentless onslaughts have been continuously highlighted in its public statements.
But the government of India refuses to intervene even in the face of such situation.
Therefore, in protest against the lack of respect and seriousness in upholding the democratic process of dialogue and to urge the GoI for immediate intervention pending settlement of the Indo-Naga issue, the presidential council decided that a 48-hour total bandh would be observed in Naga areas from the midnight of August 11 to midnight of Aug 13 .