NSCN/GPRN (Khango-Hokato) refutes NSCN-R defection claims
Published on May 26, 2025
By EMN
- DIMAPUR — The NSCN/GPRN (Khango-Hokato Vusshe)
has refuted claims by the NSCN-R (Wangtin) that 80 of its members had joined
the latter’s fold.
- In a press statement, the group described the reports, which
appeared in various print and social media outlets, as “baseless and unfounded”
and “wishful thinking”.
- It cautioned the Wangtin-led group not to mislead the Nagas
by misinterpreting incorrect information and making false claims that may
provoke peaceful co-existence at this crucial stage of the Naga political
movement.
- Contrary to their claims, the NSCN/GPRN reiterated that
after the joining of its senior Kilonser Khekato Kinimi in the government, the
number of national workers who joined to strengthen the leadership of President
Lieutenant General (Retd.) Khango Konyak and Ato Kilonser Hokato Vusshe from
the NSCN (R) has recently exceeded 60.
- It stated that among the members who joined the mainstream
were senior kilonsers, high military officers, and secretaries who held
prominent portfolios and ministries such as defence kilonser, home secretary,
defence secretary, ceasefire secretary, and the Naga Army led by Major General
Kakiho, GSO-1.
- Furthermore, the NSCN/GPRN noted that former Kilonser Carlos
Zhimo and Nilo Zhimo, who claim to be NSCN (K) members, have been terminated
from active membership in the government. The two members, who claim to be the
Lotha region chairman and secretary, have been under suspension for colluding
with adversaries in their criminal activities. Meanwhile, a few members
defecting to their group from USR, Lotha region, and Ao region will not affect
the functioning of the governmental activities of the NSCN.
- NSCN/GPRN advised the Wangtin group to first ascertain the
facts and figures in the future before putting them in the public domain.
