NSCN (K) to move out from Vihokho camp

 

Kohima | May 10 : The Union Home Ministry and the State government had reportedly come out in no uncertain terms today pointing out that there is no such organization as NSCN (Unification) in its book and that the present camp occupied by the group at Vihokhu village under Dimapur district is not authorized and should be vacated.
The same was made known to the NSCN-K representatives during the Ceasefire Supervisory Board meeting held at Dimapur today which was also attended by Joint Secretary of Union Home Ministry in-charge Northeast, Naveen Verma.  The NSCN-K representative led by Supervisor CFSB NSCN-K, Kughalu Mulatonuo, Wangtin Konyak member, Nitovi Secretary CSFB, Hokato, member and RM Lotha, member reportedly told the representative of the Government of India and the state government that they came as representatives of the NSCN-K and not as NSCN (U).The NSCN-K, when contacted revealed that today’s CSFB meeting confined mostly on the issue of the present Vihokhu camp. There was discussions for a designated camp in and around Vihokhu area as the representatives of GoI and State Government had objected to the existing camp. We have decided to locate another place and jointly work out the same, said NSCN-K CFSB member Wangtin Konyak who also attended the meeting.
On the nomenclature of NSCN-K or NSCN-U, he denied any confusion as there is no NSCN-K but only “NSCN/GPRN” and the former was the “invention” of the media and other agencies purely to differentiate between the NSCN group led by Khaplang and the other by Isak and Muivah. “Even when we enter into Ceasefire with the Government of India, we signed as NSCN/GPRN,” he added. Further, he said that all the members of the NSCN (U) are NSCN-K as the members of the group led by Azheto Chophy came from the NSCN-IM Hebron camp and were “inducted” into the “GPRN ministry” led by S.S.Khaplang recently.
Similarly, another NSCN-K CFSB member Hokato revealed that the representative of the GoI and the State government had suggested shifting the existing Vihokhu camp to another place which is about 7 to 8 Kms away. But the NSCN-K strongly objected to this claiming that the land of the existing NSCN-K camp located about 3 Kms away from Vihokhu village was “willingly donated” by the villagers and “developed” by the NSCN-K. However, following strong objection from the MHA, following the State government’s pressure to shift the existing Vihokhu camp, “we’ve at last agreed to shift to another location as soon as we located a suitable place”, he said.
The meeting also discussed on the prevailing situation in and around Dimapur, besides the earlier NSCN-K demand for setting up Ceasefire Supervisory office in Dimapur and also some substantive issues as well, he said. On the demand for Ceasefire Supervisory office in Dimapur, it was agreed to be settled in the next CFSB meeting. When queried to elaborate on the substantive issues, Hokato said it is premature to divulge but at the same time said that the NSCN-K had hinted again its willingness to come to a negotiating table for political dialogue if the GoI is sincere to solving the Naga political problem.
Apart from the Chairman of the CSFB, Lt.Gen (Retd) R.V.Kulkarni and Jt.Secretary MHA Naveem Verma, the Government of India was represented by IGAR(N) Maj.Gen K.S.Sethi and the state government by Commissioner Nagaland H.K.Khulu, and DGP Nagaland, J.Changkija in today’s CFSB meeting.

(Our Correspondent)

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