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Nagas in Delhi burning the effigies of Manipur Chief Minister O Ibobi Singh and Deputy Chief Minister Gaikhangam on Thursday.[/caption]
Dimapur, Dec. 30: The Joint Naga Civil Societies, Delhi (CJNCSD) on Thursday organised a mass protest rally at Jantar Mantar, New Delhi, intensifying their protest against the arrest of the two United Naga Council (UNC) leaders and what it called ‘unconstitutional formation’ of the new seven districts.
The protesters thronged the streets of Jantar Mantar chanting "Nagas shall defend their land to the last man standing" and burnt effigies of Manipur Chief Minister O Ibobi Singh and Deputy Chief Minister Gaikhangam, Sira Kharay, secretary, information & publicity wing, CJNCSD said in a release.
Raising serious doubt on the political intention of the Government of India for its continued silence on the issue, the CJNCSD sought to know from the Centre as to why it has not raised even a single question to the Government of Manipur for the imprisonment of the two UNC leaders and the ‘unconstitutional formation’ of the new seven districts.
It also slammed the Government of India for alleged siding with the Ibobi government at the cost of the legitimate aspiration of the Nagas.
“The indifferent attitude of the Government of India towards the present crisis is tantamount to dishonouring of the 3rd August Naga Framework Agreement,” the organization said while asking is this how the Government of India wants to sell the Indian democracy and political institution to the Nagas.
Stating that the Nagas have been defending every inch of their ancestral land, liberty, identity and dignity with blood and tears since the mighty British times, the CJNCSD dared the Government of Manipur to attempt to carve out even an inch of the Naga ancestral territory in the name of formation of new districts.
The organisation reaffirmed that Naga issue is a political issue and vowed to stand its ground with UNC till the unconditional release of the two incarcerated UNC leaders and rolling back of the proposed seven districts.
The CJNCSD also submitted another memorandum to the Prime Minister of India today reiterating their demands that immediate nullification of the creation of the seven new districts, unconditional release of the two UNC leaders, to respect the 3rd August Naga Framework Agreement and to expedite the finalisation of the Framework Agreement, imposition of President’s rule in Manipur, CBI enquiry into the 18th December, 2016 communal violence against the innocent Naga civilian passengers in Imphal and immediate compensation for the victims.
