KIM decries UNC's stand on burial of Dr Nehginpao
Source: Chronicle News Service

Kangpokpi, May 12 2021: Kuki Inpi Manipur (KIM) has taken strong exception to the 'objectionable statement' made by United Naga Council (UNC) over the burial of Prof Dr Nehginpao Kipgen, who succumbed to COVID-19 .

KIM said that UNC paying its heartfelt condolences and taking the liberty to raise questions about the burial of Prof Dr Nehgin-paoKipgen, was not unexpected.

At a time when the country is reeling under the second wave of COVID-19, UNC instead chose to play dirty politics over the unfortunate death of the Professor, revealing its inhumanity, moral bankruptcy, shallowness, prejudice, blind hate and pride, KIM said.

If UNC considers itself an organisation of repute, it would not have stooped so low to play politics over the death, in a brazen attempt to gain a few brownie points, from whosoever gallery they are playing to, it added.

KIM then advised UNC that the latter should study thoroughly the relevant provisions of the Indian Constitution dealing with the citizenship of the country, that is, Part II of the Constitution (Article 5-11), before they make any outrageous statements, cast aspersions or raise ludicrous questions about the legacy of anyone or any community - death or living.

The Kuki body also reminded UNC that the late academician (Nehginpao Kipgen), who was the executive director of the Centre for Southeast Asian Studies (CSEAS), Jindal School of International Affairs, OP Jindal Global University, was solemnly buried at Leikot village in Kangpokpi district and not in Senapati district as fallaciously claimed by it (UNC) in its statement.

The Kukis uphold their God-given rights to their ancestral lands and do not recognise colonialists' international boundaries, it added.

KIM further urged UNC to refrain such damaging statement in future while suggesting that it would be prudent on the part of the Council to cultivate respect for the death irrespective of caste, creed and community.

Meanwhile, KIM said that there has been, of late, incessant vicious attacks upon the Kuki-Chin-Mizo community in the state from various quarters, and the authorities concerned, far from playing the role of the neutral arbiter, are allowing these vitriolic attacks to go on unchecked to the point that one could assume that it is indirectly encouraging these hostilities towards a particular community.

This is truly regrettable.

The rule of law must prevail above and irrespective of all, KIM said and appealed to all to shun hostility to one another.

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