Khango-led NSCN (K) on Friday affirmed that Isak Sumi was “impeached from the government” and, therefore, holds no authority to represent the “government” in any manner and in any platform including Working Committee (WC) Naga National Political Groups (NNPGs).
The group through its MIP asserted that since NSCN-Khango is a member of WC, NNPGs, the “government” would nominate an official to represent it in the WC.
The group has questioned how WC NNPGs convener Kitovi Zhimomi “immediately sided with the impeached general secretary who no longer holds any authority?”
MIP maintained that the problem was within NSCN (Khango) political set up and not with the NNPGs or any particular community. The group affirmed that it joined hands to be part of WC NNPGs since it was committed to a peaceful solution.
Further, MIP questioned how WC convener Kitovi Zhimomi wrote “a fabricated and unscrupulous letter” to CFMG chairman stating that Khango group has “seized Isak’s arms and is conniving to join NSCN(YA)?”
It stated that Kitovi, a leader on whom people look up to with high expectation, should “not blatantly favour the impeached general secretary” without studying and analysing the issue in detail.
The group said it signed a formal ceasefire with government of India and would continue to uphold ceasefire. It stated that the present ceasefire office was not forcefully occupied but its approval came from the ceasefire group.
Khango-led NSCN (K) has, therefore, appealed to the Naga public particularly citizens of Dimapur “to bear with us as we are treating and diagnosing a very serious patient.”
The group said its action was not against any community “as we are a part of one family.”
The group has asked the “misguided workers” to realize and “wake up from the made up stories preached by certain individuals.”
It also appealed to all the party workers to report to the “legitimate authority as all these sickness is temporary and the government assures that there is nothing to worry.”
Reiterating its stand on the decision to impeach its general secretary ‘Col.’(Retd.) Isak Sumi, the group claimed that he has been “exercising absolute autocratic rule” seizing the powers and functions of the senior workers assigned by the president.
It said that Isak, from the inception of the government, has been the finance in-charge “with no transparency, budget session and audit” and administered the function of the government with the “help of ‘Kitchen Cabinet’ comprising of her wife and few other relatives.”
It said that his impeachment was the “major political ramification, and was requisite” as a result of untold miseries within the party set-up, which finally exploded in the form of complaint against him from all corners including Ministry of Kilo Affairs, Kilonsers, Central Secretariat and many party workers.
The group however said that “Unfortunately” all the complainers were coerced by some individual/groups in Dimapur to disclaim the government’s Impeachment Ahza.
