Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, December 13 2008:
AS IF Manipur never has enough of armed underground groups, yet another organisation has taken birth.
The new organisation is called "Manipur Naga Revolutionary Front" (MNRF).
Its chairman is one Joshua Shimray and the chief-in-command/ chief of army staff of the military wing of the front which is called Naga Red Army (NRA) is one Shri Allen.
This information was given today by the self-styled chairman of the MNRF, Joshua Shimray in a press release issued today.
Shimray, in his massege of Christmas 2008 and New Year 2009, stated that the MNRF extends greetings to all the people of Manipur irrespective of caste and religion and wished the people a merry Christmas and very happy new year 2009 .
Should we not try to follow the teachings of Lord Jesus, asked Shimray and added, in the Tenth Commandment as the Lord said, faith without work is death.
"Let us pray that in celebrating Christmas, Jesus be born in our heart and live with Him for rest of our life.
Let us show our love and service to all the people around us as God desired men to do," Joshua Shimray stated.
"To begin with the good service for the welfare of the people, we sincerely declare to the general public that MNRF has its military wing called Naga Red Army with Shri Allen as chief in command/chief of army staff.
Allen is not a leader of any group/party other than the military wing of MNRF," he stated.
Joshua Shimray appealed to "the social organisations and so-called revolutionary parties/groups not to use his (Allen's) name as criminal after you have committed a heinous crime to tarnish the image of the MNRF" .
He stated that they did not want such a dirty politics.
" You go your way and we go our way.
We oppose none of the parties/groups but our slogan is to bring about unity and peace through better understanding and fraternity spirit," he asserted.