UNC fires salvo at CM for 'silence'
Source: Hueiyen News Service / Pamreiso Shimray

Ukhrul, December 30 2012: United Naga Council (UNC) has on Sunday reiterated its inference that Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh is ''more communal'' than his Gujarat counterpart Narendra Modi and capitalised on Kongkan killing to fire salvo at Manipur government.

In a public condolence service for two Kongkan villagers killed by UNLF cadres at Tangkhul Naga Long (TNL) ground here today, UNC general secretary Gaidon Kamei said that ''Narendra Modi has been termed by the Muslims as the most communal Chief Minister in India; for us Ibobi is more communal'' .

The UNC's inference against the Manipur CM with Gujarat CM first came to light in media on December 29 wherein the Naga body is quoted to have said.

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Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi has been tagged as the most communal Chief Minister of India, but it is actually Manipur Chief Minister O Ibobi Singh who should be called the most communal Chief Minister of India" .

Kamei stated that Ibobi has been maintaining a hard-line attitude of infusing a chasm between the communities of the hills and valley.

"The state government has been making a big fuss over Momoko's molestation incident.

Why are they keeping silent on the blatant killing of innocent Kongkan villagers by UNLF cadres on December 28," he argued.

UNC general secretary also ridiculed the CM's immature stance on resolving the vexed Naga political problem and this clearly came to the fore again in recent time.

"In early part of December, Ibobi was called to New Delhi for consultation to extend cooperation in resolving the Indo-Naga political problem.

But he had vehemently opposed to the idea," he asserted.

Lambasting the alleged indifference of Ibobi towards the tribal problems in the state, the UNC maintained that the Congress government has always resorted to piecemeal treatment by engaging in appeasement policies.

"The government would construct mini-secretariat building in the district headquarters simply to cover up the big development vacuum in the hills," Kamei reiterated. Further, Kamei reasserted that the Naga problem has to be settled only by political means while saying the "Alternative Arrangement" demand is justified for the Nagas to enjoy its long-denied rights .

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