Joint Tribal Hohos (JTH)–a conglomerate of 11 apex tribal bodies, on Friday resolved to stand by its earlier demand for “solution before delimitation”.
At the meeting held in Kohima on July 10– attended by at least 10 apex tribal bodies, JTH also decided to request the Lotha Hoho to avoid any undue misunderstanding among the Naga tribes because of the current situation. It said that the stand of the 11 tribal hohos was not against delimitation, but to pave way for an early solution which would then facilitate the delimitation process in larger interest of all.
Further, JTH demanded NPP member Hayithung Bill Lotha to name those tribal leaders (of 11 Naga tribes) whom he had termed as “so-called self-styled leaders” in his letter to minister Imna Along. Asserting that such statement was unacceptable, JTH demanded Bill to publicly apologize within three days, failing which it warned of legal action.
JTH media cell stated that the tribal hoho leaders, mandated by the respective tribes, at no point of time influenced or incited anyone to act on behalf of them.