Reacting to the decision of the Zeliangrong Baudi (Assam, Manipur, Nagaland) to withdraw the Zeliangrong people’s mandate given to NSCN (I-M), Zeliangrong Baudi (Nagaland) has sought to clarify the statement and its position on the matter.
ZB (N) through its media cell stated that it could not participate in the Dimki Session of ZB(AMN) through Vedio conference held on July 15, 2020 due to constrain of network problem on that day.
However, ZB(N) said its decision on delimitation in Peren district Nagaland was conveyed to the Dimki session through phone call to the leaders.
No other issues pertaining to ZB(AMN) on the aspect of Zeliangrong was neither conveyed nor proposed or discussed through video or audio conference by ZB(N), it stated.
Therefore, ZB(N) said that withdrawing the mandated support of Zeliangrong from NSCN(I-M) was “not the consensus decision of all the state units.” ZB(N) said it did not participate or convey any views or opinion on the matter to ZB(AMN)’s Dimki Session in any manner or form.
It said that the matter of de-recognition of Zeliangrong by NSCN(I-M) and question of withdrawal of support mandate to NSCN(I-M) must be kept in abeyance for further deliberations as the matter was “unrelated and not contextual at this present juncture.”
ZB(N) has, therefore, stated that the issue be withdrawn for good at this crucial juncture so as to avoid further complicacy and discord among the Naga family.
ZB(N) has also appealed to ZB(AMN) and all concerned to focus on finding a common and acceptable Naga political issues “by avoiding a flip-flop manner of doing things that may distort or delay the issue in hand to our disadvantage.”