Mokokchung/Dimapur, April 3 (MExN): Stark to AICC general secretary Rahul Gandhi’s contention yesterday that Manipur’s territorial integrity would be maintained, the NPF today said it is for integration of all Naga areas. Chief minister Neiphiu Rio said the NPF stands for integration, at the Democratic Alliance of Nagaland election campaign in Mokokchung town today. Addressing the Mokokchung gathering, Neiphiu Rio said the Congress’ policies render the Naga political issue impossible to be solved.
He cited Rahul Gandhi’s assuring Manipur “just yesterday” that its territorial integrity will be preserved at any cost. The NPF on the other hand, Rio said, is for the integration of all Naga-inhabited areas as well as ‘recognition’ of the Nagas in Myanmar.
“When it’s time for elections, the Congress put pictures of Manmohan Singh, Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi. We respect these personalities but we will not vote for them,” Rio said. He reiterated that the Naga people “do not need Delhi high command, whether independent or not” and that ‘although not independent’, the Naga people can still preserve their identity and that only a regional party like the NPF can do the job.
ANSAM’s advice for Rahul
Yesterday’s utterance of AICC general secretary and MP Rahul Gandhi that the territorial integrity of Manipur would be maintained is not received happily by the All Naga Students’ Association of Manipur.
In an “open letter” to the young leader, the ANSAM said to have ‘felt competent’ to advise the upcoming leader that “you are ignorant about what is being said and what is being understood by senior leaders of your party in Delhi”. Gandhi had, at a rally in Lamka (Churachandpur) in Manipur said ‘Manipur territorial integrity will never be altered’.
The ANSAM ‘advised’ the Congress MP to consult with his senior leaders “in this kind of sensitive issue” before dwelling on it “and not indulge in hate campaign against certain communities in negation of the historical aspiration of every ethnic community’s right to live as a people”.
The ANSAM ‘reminded’ in its “open letter” that senior Congress leader Pranab Mukherjee had written to Lok Sabha MP for Outer Manipur Mani Charenamei calling for “re-examination” of the Common Minimum Programme of the Congress- led UPA coalition because “it does not stand the test of scrutiny in the light of the constitutional provisions under Article 3 & 4”.
Nonetheless, the ANSAM expressed ‘appreciation for the successive Prime Ministers of India trying to solve the Indo-Naga political conflict through peaceful and negotiated means’.
PDA for land and people
Also, the People’s Democratic Alliance (PDA) has stated the review of the condition of the Naga people and other hill areas in the state of Manipur to be its main objective.
Mani Charanamei, the sitting Member of Parliament (MP) and PDA candidate for the 15th Lok Sabha Outer Manipur Parliamentary constituency, during a campaign meeting of the party at Tamenglong district headquarters Thursday.
Addressing a gathering attended by a good number of supporters including many members of legislative assembly (MLAs) from the state, Charanamei stated a win for the party would mean bringing peace and development to the hill areas and called upon the people to choose and vote a candidate that would raise voice for the people of the hill areas. The tribal people, also known as the indigenous people, deserves to live in their own recognized land, stated the candidate and added it was the priority of the party to make this come true.
Also addressing the meeting, Gaidon Kamei, PDA’s general secretary said sixteen prime ministers and twelve presidents of the country have come and gone but that the movement of tribal people continues to remain on their tables. He asserted that the Nagas are not demanding a separate state but unification of all the Nagas in the hill areas.
Another leader, MLA Awangbow maintained that the issues of the hill areas are still lying on the table of the central government ‘as left by Mani Charanamei’.
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He cited Rahul Gandhi’s assuring Manipur “just yesterday” that its territorial integrity will be preserved at any cost. The NPF on the other hand, Rio said, is for the integration of all Naga-inhabited areas as well as ‘recognition’ of the Nagas in Myanmar.
“When it’s time for elections, the Congress put pictures of Manmohan Singh, Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi. We respect these personalities but we will not vote for them,” Rio said. He reiterated that the Naga people “do not need Delhi high command, whether independent or not” and that ‘although not independent’, the Naga people can still preserve their identity and that only a regional party like the NPF can do the job.
ANSAM’s advice for Rahul
Yesterday’s utterance of AICC general secretary and MP Rahul Gandhi that the territorial integrity of Manipur would be maintained is not received happily by the All Naga Students’ Association of Manipur.
In an “open letter” to the young leader, the ANSAM said to have ‘felt competent’ to advise the upcoming leader that “you are ignorant about what is being said and what is being understood by senior leaders of your party in Delhi”. Gandhi had, at a rally in Lamka (Churachandpur) in Manipur said ‘Manipur territorial integrity will never be altered’.
The ANSAM ‘advised’ the Congress MP to consult with his senior leaders “in this kind of sensitive issue” before dwelling on it “and not indulge in hate campaign against certain communities in negation of the historical aspiration of every ethnic community’s right to live as a people”.
The ANSAM ‘reminded’ in its “open letter” that senior Congress leader Pranab Mukherjee had written to Lok Sabha MP for Outer Manipur Mani Charenamei calling for “re-examination” of the Common Minimum Programme of the Congress- led UPA coalition because “it does not stand the test of scrutiny in the light of the constitutional provisions under Article 3 & 4”.
Nonetheless, the ANSAM expressed ‘appreciation for the successive Prime Ministers of India trying to solve the Indo-Naga political conflict through peaceful and negotiated means’.
PDA for land and people
Also, the People’s Democratic Alliance (PDA) has stated the review of the condition of the Naga people and other hill areas in the state of Manipur to be its main objective.
Mani Charanamei, the sitting Member of Parliament (MP) and PDA candidate for the 15th Lok Sabha Outer Manipur Parliamentary constituency, during a campaign meeting of the party at Tamenglong district headquarters Thursday.
Addressing a gathering attended by a good number of supporters including many members of legislative assembly (MLAs) from the state, Charanamei stated a win for the party would mean bringing peace and development to the hill areas and called upon the people to choose and vote a candidate that would raise voice for the people of the hill areas. The tribal people, also known as the indigenous people, deserves to live in their own recognized land, stated the candidate and added it was the priority of the party to make this come true.
Also addressing the meeting, Gaidon Kamei, PDA’s general secretary said sixteen prime ministers and twelve presidents of the country have come and gone but that the movement of tribal people continues to remain on their tables. He asserted that the Nagas are not demanding a separate state but unification of all the Nagas in the hill areas.
Another leader, MLA Awangbow maintained that the issues of the hill areas are still lying on the table of the central government ‘as left by Mani Charanamei’.
Source: http://www.morungexpress.com/frontpage/19216.html
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