The Working Committee (WC) of the Tangkhul Naga Long (TNL) has asked manipur Home Minister Govindas Konthoujam to “immediately” clarify his statement made on May 9
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DIMAPUR — The Working Committee (WC) of the Tangkhul Naga Long (TNL) has asked manipur Home Minister Govindas Konthoujam to “immediately” clarify his statement made on May 9, implying that there was “no foreign aggression in the Kamjong attack”.
“Failing to do so would force the Tangkhul CSOs to take up necessary action against him as deemed fit,” it stated.
Describing the statement made by the home minister following his visit to the affected three villages--Namlee, Wanglee, and Choro--under Kamjong district as “deeply unfortunate”, the TNL said it has ‘not only create confusion among the general public but also added insult to the suffering of the Tangkhul Nagas whose homes, properties, and livelihoods were burnt, looted, and destroyed on May 7.
It claimed that there is video evidence recorded by Assam Rifles personnel on May 7 “stating that Choro village was attacked by KNA-B”; the AR also confirmed that they had rescued a Tangkhul woman “abducted by KNA (B) and Village Volunteers Eastern Zone (VVEZ) from Namlee”.
The TNL added that a “Suo motu case was registered by Kamjong Police [FIR No. 05 (05) 2026/CSD-PS], which stated: ‘On 7 May 2026 at about 3:30 a.m., some unknown armed miscreants suspected to be KNA (B) (Kuki National Army, Burma), numbering about 50 to 60 and armed with sophisticated firearms, entered Choro village, Kamjong district, by crossing the Indo-Myanmar Border (IMB) and carried out terrorist attacks using sophisticated weapons, explosives, and drones’.”
What compelled the home minister to claim that it was ‘not’ an external aggression despite the overwhelming evidence?, it asked. “Is he openly acting under the influence of Deputy Chief Minister, Smt. Nemcha Kipgen?”
Stating that MLA of 43-AC/ST, Leishiyo Keishing, had clearly said that the “attack on Namlee, Wanglee, and Choro villages by suspected KNA (B) and PDF militants was an act of external aggression”, the Tangkhul body asked if the home minister was implying that Keishing, an elected MLA, is lying?
“If the Home Minister is so confident that there was no foreign aggression, then where did more than 100 heavily armed Kuki narco-terrorists emerge from when only a speck of Kuki settlements exist in those border areas?” it asked, while stating that the MLAs of 43-AC/ST, 44-AC/ST, and 45-AC/ST, who accompanied the Konthoujam during the recent visit, also should make their position clear.
“When our land, our rights, and our very lives are under attack by Kuki narco-terrorists who now appear to enjoy political protection, our representatives cannot remain mute spectators or blindly follow the state government for political convenience. The time has come for them to stand for truth and justice and call a spade a spade,” read the press release.
“We must also raise the uncomfortable but necessary question of whether the Ministry of Home Affairs is orchestrating this entire crisis as part of a larger agenda to militarise the Naga border areas, despite the Nagas’ longstanding position that the existing border is arbitrary and imposed.
The true intent of the Assam Rifles also remains deeply questionable. The Assam Rifles company stationed barely half a kilometer away from Choro village arrived at the site nearly three hours after the assault began,” it added.
It went on to claim that the AR personnel visited Namlee and Wanglee villages “only the following day after the attacks had already devastated the villages, even though the proximity of their post was barely half a kilometer” but was swift to claim that they had averted a major escalation.
“It is tragic that during such a critical time for the Tangkhul Naga community, both the state and central governments continue to treat our lives and lands as expendable for political gamesmanship,” read the TNL statement.
“The Tangkhul Nagas are now forced not only to defend ourselves against relentless assaults by Kuki narco-terrorists and other Kuki SoO groups, but also to endure hypocrisy, indifference, and denial from the very governments entrusted with protecting its citizens,” it added.