Newmai News Network
Dimapur, Nov 24: Following the November 23 deve- lopment at Hovishe village in Niuland, 35 kilometres from Dimapur, where some kilonsers (ministers) from both the NSCN factions made a joint declaration for unity, “an extremely serious” discussion was car- ried out by the top NSCN-IM leaders at Camp Hebron, off Dimapur today participated by NSCN-IM general secretary Thuingaleng Muivah.

A well-placed source from the NSCN-IM informed NNN tonight that all the leaders of the outfit during today’s meeting at Camp Hebron, favoured unity among the Naga underground factions “for the progress and the success of the Naga peace process”.
The source, however, added that the NSCN-IM leaders were of the opinion that the bringing of unity among the factions should be done through a proper channel.

On the other hand, top ki-lonser (minister) of the Khaplang faction of the NSCN, AZ Jami said from Mon district that “unity among the factions is a prerequisite for everything.” He added that uniting the factions is the first step to remove hatred, animosity and rivalry “among the Naga family”. Jami further said that the November 23 Niuland declaration for unity should be welcome by all section of the Naga people and “everyone should follow suit” in order to achieve the goal of the Nagas.

Meanwhile, sources from the NSCN-IM has said that the November 23 Niu-land declaration will remain “unofficial” unless the outfit’s leaders who had parti- cipated in the declaration brief the detail to the “higher authority” of the NSCN-IM. Kilo-kilonser (home minister) of the NSCN-IM Azheto Chophy who led the “NSCN-IM team” in the Niuland declaration on Friday is yet to come and meet the “higher authority” of the NSCN-IM till date.The NSCN-IM has reportedly given the deadline for those outfit members who had participated in the Niuland event to come brief about the development to the “higher authority” of the NSCN-IM by tomorrow (Sunday).“The Niuland declaration will be considered an act do-ne not with good intention and will remain not official unless the participants of the event come and brief the development,” added the source from the NSCN-IM.

Yesterday, another top kilonser from the Khaplang faction of the NSCN Wang-tin informed a Nagaland based newspaper that “if there has to be unification of any sort between the two factions, then it cannot be by a section or a community from either side. How can we express unification by a single tribe, big or small and also that a matter as significant as unification would have been discussed by the council of kilonsers if at all”.

Wangtin further disclos-ed the daily newspaper that the NSCN (K)’s “Council of Kilonsers has not discussed any such matter”.
The November 23 Niu-land event was reportedly hosted by the Western Sumi (Sema tribe) Hoho.