Morung Express News
November 3
Dimapur: The National Socialist Council of Nagalim (NSCN-IM) in a release issued on Thursday rebutted the allegation that the outfit had instigated the violence in Karbi Anglong with a motive to pave way for a unified Naga homeland. Johnny Dilbung, the MIP Kilonser of the NSCN said, “The antagonists have been trying to incite discord and dichotomy on communal and religious lines besides other destructive designs by taking the outbreak of recent ethnic conflict in between the Karbis and the Dimasas, and trying to implicate the NSCN as responsible for generating the genocidal situation for achieving our aspiration.” Reacting to the statement made by the Guwahati based Janajati Faith and Cultural Protection Forum (JFCPF) which was carried by this paper, Dilbung argued that there neither ever subsist any intention that would benefit the Nagas through a conflict between their neighbours nor there exists any smaller or greater Nagalim. The JFCPF had earlier said the NSCN was inciting the violence between the Karbis and Dimasas in an attempt to create chaos in the region and thus make leeway towards the formation of ‘Greater Nagaland.’
“Historical facts cannot be altered according to the convenience of one’s inane perception or conclusions,” Dilbung clarified and repeated the customary stand that Nagas are only fighting for what is inalienably theirs. He stressed on the point that recent anti-people propagandists were attempting to dislodge the on-going initiatives towards the expediting and ushering in of an amicable situation in the long drawn Indo-Naga political imbroglio.
The release further said the allegations made against the outfit were bereft of evidences in support of accusation and the continued ‘illogical and ill-motivated’ statements through the media.
