Dimapur, Oct. 20 (EMN): In a surprising development, one of the two groups involved in the tussle towards claiming legitimacy to run the NSCN (K) has blamed ‘some of the state’s print media of making presumptions and assumptions’ concerning the position of the section led by Khango Konyak.
A press statement from the group on Saturday stated that the “impeachment attempt (of Khango Konak) by exclusive 36 Pangmi workers bears no constitutional sanctity and therefore cannot be construed as impeachment but simply an attempt to usurp power illegally and forcefully.”
It claimed that ‘all the 36 Pangmi workers’ belong to the ‘breakaway NCA group and their failed coup’ bears no implication on the position or standing of the NSCN (K). It stated that the leadership of Khango Konyak—“a Chinese-trained veteran of 1963 after glorious completion of 55 years of military service”— was unanimously decided in June 2017 by the central council and ‘party workers.’
“It must be noted that the coup attempt was endorsed by neither the central council, council of kilonsers or the party and not a single NSCN leaders from Indian side were consulted in either the coup or the selection of Yonghong (sic). The breakaway NCA group led by Pangmi renegades has already entered into an agreement with Myanmar government accepting Myanmar constitution thereby renouncing the historical sovereign rights of the Nagas and has painstakingly been colluding with the juntas to capture or assassinate Khango Konyak and the rest of NSCN workers.
“Regardless of the presence of two Lt. generals from Indian side in the NCA group, without cadres and mandate they no longer command any credibility to represent the Nagas in any platform since they have wilfully accepted Myanmar union and denounced the Naga struggle for sovereignty on their own volition,” it stated.
Surprisingly, it ‘advised the press and media not to concoct stories or aggravate the situation further.’ It stated that the media should verify “the facts before reporting.” It is worth mentioning that since the “impeachment” of Khango Konyak, the two warring groups within the NSCN (K) have been using the local newspapers justify their claims to run the group.
Given the circumstances, it strangely warned that “the self-appealing distortion of the truth must not be repeated again or else would be viewed as enemy aided anti-Naga propaganda.”
The statement read: “Also be enlightened that Khango Konyak led NSCN is the one and the same NSCN that has been in existence since 1980 formed to salvage the Nagas from the infamous Shillong Accord of 1975 and therefore not a new creation or a new faction.”
