Zeliangrong land shrinking : ZUF
Source: The Sangai Express / Newmai News Network

Imphal, November 07 2011: " The Zeliangrong land is shrinking day by day because of the uproars in the NC Hills (Haflong) in Assam caused by the Dimasas, Itangki forest in Nagaland by the Semas and the present tense situation in Manipur over the creation of Sadar Hills district", said the militant outfit Zeliangrong United Front (ZUF) on Monday.

The ZUF always stands to protect the Zeliangrong land, its people, and resources and uplift its culture, said joint secretary of the group A Remroi Inpui.

"Zeliangrong people are peace loving by nature and they are living together with other neighboring communities since time immemorial," the ZUF said.

"The NSCN-IM is chasing and hunting after ZUF instead of protecting the Zeliangrong land and its people," Ramroi lamented.

"What is the NSCN-IM doing in the Zeliangrong land? Are they protecting the land or instigating bloodshed and inciting violence among the Nagas", questioned Remroi and asked the group to response if it is really fighting for the Nagas as a whole.

He also asked the general public of Zeliangrong Inpui, Chiru and other minorities to try to understand the real image of the NSCN-IM which is practising 'divide and rule policy' in the name of fighting for Naga sovereignty.

The militant leader urged every good citizen of Zeliangrong, Inpui, Chiru and other minority people living in Assam, Manipur and Nagaland to speak out the truth and stand firmly to protect their land.

He said ZUF condemns the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between the state Government of Manipur and Sadar Hills Districthood Demand Committee (SHDDC) on October 31 on the formation of Sadar Hills district without the consent of the indigenous Zeliangrong people.

The group will not remain as a silent spectator in this regard but it will stand protecting the land so that even an inch of it is not carved out in the process, he added.

Remroi also stated clearly that ZUF wants to co-exist among different communities in peace and harmony and appealed to all concerned not to intrude other's ancestral territory so as to avoid turmoil.

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