Manipur: Naga body says Kuki leadership engaging in ‘blatant lies’

The United Naga Council said that the Kuki-Zomi community’s “fabricated information” in every statement is tantamount to distortion of Naga history and an insult to the Naga people.

Imphal: Three months after violence began in Manipur, the gap between Kukis and Nagas in Manipur seems to be growing every day, with the United Naga Council upping the ante on the Kuki-Zomi community and calling out their “blatant lies, lop-sided history and fabricated information contained in every statement.” 

This, the Naga apex body says, is tantamount to distortion of Naga history and an insult to the Naga people.

In a statement, the UNC said while the Nagas have a better sense of hardships, distresses borne by the Kuki-Zo people due to the ethnic conflict, it has become all more inevitable for the Nagas to register “our opposition to the issues raised and incorporated in their (Kuki-Zo community) memorandum submitted to different authorities as it is posing a big threat to the very existence and inalienable rights of the Nagas particularly in the state of Manipur.” 

While the UNC has been putting all possible efforts to end the ongoing ethnic conflict between the warring communities Kuki-Zo and Meiteis through dialogue, but unfortunately, things are not turning positive as expected, it said.