ESH reacts

Eastern Sumi Hoho (ESH) has reacted to the usage of the word “Singti” by United Sangtam Likhum Pumji (USLP) in a statement published on January 5, 2018.
In a press release, ESH president, L Kahuvi Sumi, and secretary, Isac Sumi, said “Sitimi” cannot be substituted by “Singti” since the official recognition of the village by the state government was Sitimi village.
ESH said the conflict between the two communities of Sitimi village was because of the misuse of the nomenclature of Sitimi. ESH has, therefore, appealed to USLP “to be very clear and wise” on the issue and “to reconstruct their statement especially on the nomenclature before publishing in local media in order to restrain the situation.” Further, ESH urged the state government to immediately intervene and settle the matter before the situation worsened.