Clarify on Sadar Hills : NPO to Govt
Source: The Sangai Express
Senapati, October 27 2016:
The Naga People's Organisation (NPO), Senapati has given 24 hours time to the State Government to spell out its exact position on the Sadar Hills issue.
The NPO said today that its attention has been drawn from very reliable source that Chief Minister O Ibobi, is all set to formally upgrade Sadar Hills to a full fledged "Revenue District" during the occasion of KUT 2016 scheduled to be held at Kangpokpi on November 1, 2016 " .
"Through this press note", the NPO said, "we make our official position clear to every section of people in particular and the Government of Manipur in general that any attempt to distort and negate the 'Letter and Spirit' of the 4 (four) Memorandum of Understanding (MoUs) signed between various Naga bodies and Government of Manipur in the matter of creation of the so called Sadar Hills district, since (1) 14th December, 1981, (2) 10th November, 1992, (3) 27th September, 1996, (4) 23rd June, 1988 and (5) written assurance given by the Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India on the 24th of November, 2011, therefore basing on such MoUs reached, the creation shall not be accepted under any circumstances" .
With this, the NPO "called upon" the office of the Chief Minister, Manipur to clarify the official position with regard to this "volatile and sensitive matter" within 24 hours from the publication of this press note through proper channels.
"Failing to do so shall be construed as an act of aggression into Naga territorial lands and any kind of ramification out of the callousness of the State Government shall be solely held responsible by O Ibobi, Chief Minister", it added.