NSCN (IM) receives backlash for dictating 11 legislators to withdraw support from Pema Khandu govt

KOHIMA: The Eastern Naga National Government (ENNG) has come down heavily upon the National Socialist Council of Nagaland (IM) over its diktat to the legislators of the Tirap, Changlang and Longding (TCL) districts to withdraw support from the Chief Minister Pema Khandu and Deputy Chief Minister Chowna Mein’s government in an unverified statement.

A letter under the name of the National Socialist Council of Nagaland (IM) is getting viral on social media again where the outfit has summoned the village chiefs, gaon buras and panchayat members of the Nocte, Wancho and Tangsa tribes of Tirap, Changlang and Longding (TCL) districts for a two-day meeting slated to be held in Dimapur in Nagaland from 29 to 30 September.

The Naga insurgent group is upset about the removal of the phrase "any other Naga tribe" from the constitutional list of scheduled tribes, which was amended in August to include the indigenous tribe names Monpa, Sajolang, Sartang, Tai Khamti, Mishmi-Kaman (Miju Mishmi), Idu (Mishmi), Taraon (Digaru Mishmi), Nocte, Tangsa, Tutsa, and Wancho.

“ENNG strongly condemned the NSCN (IM) move to threaten the local MLAs and ministers against the interest of TCL people in regards to the deletion of the word ‘Naga’, following the union parliament bill passed in August 2021 and the bill had recognized Tangsa, Wancho, Nocte, Tutsa and Ollo in the scheduled tribe list in Tirap, Changlang and Longding districts of Arunachal Pradesh,” the ENNG stated.

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“It is very clear that the people of TCL belong to the world-known the Naga tribe, the Tangsa, Wancho, Nocte, Tutsa and Ollo are sub-tribes under Naga tribe and everyone’s know that those people have Naga’s by blood and flesh and not by choice,” the ENNG said.

It added: “However, the people’s residing across the Patkai border in Myanmar, as we live in the two different countries, we the Naga from the same family. So, the question doesn’t arise from the other corners, whether we are Naga or not.”

It stated that Nagaland also has different tribes like Angami, Ao, Sema, Lotha, Chakesang and Konyak but they have always been Naga tribes.

Terming the threat letter “an extremely wrong step of NSCN (IM),” the ENNG said the letter would create misunderstanding within the people of the TCL districts.

It appealed to the NSCN (IM) not to disturb the people of the TCL region.

The ENNG also asked the public leaders, village chiefs, gaon burahs and panchayat members of the region not to attend the meeting called by the NSCN (IM), stating that the meeting’s agenda is unknown.

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