NPF shares view on Sadar hills
Source: The Sangai Express / Newmai News Network

Imphal, September 08 2011: The Manipur State unit of Naga People's Front (NPF) has expressed concern over the current impasse on the Sadar Hills issue and said that the total bandh has been lifted but there is no end in sight to the economic blockade.

It also suggested that United Naga Council (UNC) and its allied organizations should call for a proper consultation among different Naga tribes and districts for serious introspection.

The NPF also advised Sadar Hills District Demand Committee (SHDDC) members to acknowledge 'lack of consensus and first find remedial measures for elimination of apprehension among the different communities in the area' .

The NPF also came down strongly on the government of Manipur saying the latter now apparently seems helpless as it is caught in the vicious web of its own programme and policies.

The NPF, Manipur unit contended that the state govt's attempt to appease and placate the innocent public with wishful ideas of creating new districts without properly assessing the ground realities, such as Tongjei Maril, Tengnoupal, Phungyar etc.

and the controversial Sadar Hills district is most unfortunate at the fag end of its term.

"If creation of Sadar Hills district is really meant for administrative convenience, first why not absorb Jiribam which is under Imphal East but lies 220 kms away west from it, into Tamenglong or Churachandpur districts," suggested the NPF.

"Therefore the Manipur unit of NPF advises the state government to be truthful to itself and to the people so that any undesirable consequence is avoided in the state like Manipur.

The party then said all parties concerned including the state government must give due importance and respect to the traditional boundaries of any community, areas and villages while making major decisions such as creation of new districts.

The state government must also initiate dialogue with the parties concerned and involve them in such issues with total transparency or altogether shelve the issue temporarily so that time will take its own course, it advised.

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