Longwa Village Council (LVC) and Longwa Students’ Un-ion (LSU) have vehemently condemned the August 15, firing incident at Nyasa Village and Longwa Village, where some Indian army personnel were also injured. In a joint statement, LVC chairman, Nyasa Village and Longwa Village and LSU president, Jeilei said the incident which occurred on the na-tion’s Independence Day created a very tense environment while sending waves of fear and terror among the people of the region.
LVC and LSU said the people of Longwa are “shocked and dismayed at the audacity of the concerned group/individual to carry out operations in the heart of the village while risking the lives of the peace-loving inno-cent people, just for the sake of their interest”. Despite of the strategic location of the village, LVC and LSU said the people of Longwa, though their minds are filled with fear, have been en-joying a peaceful environment for decades.
“The reckless behaviour of the concerned group/individual has now be-come a barrier to our attachment to a peaceful environment, since our minds are disturbed post the incident,” read the statement. LVC and LSU said such acts would only be a hindrance to Naga Political Talks and that the stakeholders should strictly refrain from use of vio-lence especially at the cost of risking the lives of the innocent public.
Further, LVC and LSU has strongly appealed the concerned group/individual to abstain from creating such untoward incident hereaf-ter and warned that such action would only invite non-cooperation of the people towards them.
