United Naga Council urges united Naga response to crisis

United Naga Council (UNC) has issued “A call to solidarity” to apex Naga bodies over the situation in Southern Nagalim, alleging that Naga-inhabited districts were facing “direct hostility” and severe hardship.
In a statement addressed to Naga Hoho, Global Naga Forum, Naga Mothers’ Association, Eastern Nagaland Peoples’ Organisation, Naga Students’ Federation, Eastern Naga Students’ Federation and Naga Students’ Organisation, UNC said districts including Ukhrul, Chandel, Tamenglong and undivided Senapati were under pressure.
The council alleged that the situation was not merely a breakdown of civic order but an “undeclared offensive” carried out by armed groups under the Suspension of Operation framework, with the alleged involvement of sections of the Assam Rifles. It claimed that Naga communities were being coerced and their right to exist in their homeland was being challenged.
UNC further stated that the developments also amounted to an attempt to distort Naga history and identity, warning that such narratives could weaken their claim over ancestral land and future.
Highlighting concerns over land, the council alleged that the aggression was aimed at exhausting Naga resolve to open territories for illegal immigrants, asserting that losing land would mean losing the Naga nation.
Appealing for solidarity, UNC urged Naga organisations to stand united, give voice to the situation, uphold affected communities in prayer and extend support to village defenders and displaced families.
It cautioned that inaction could allow the crisis to spread across the Naga homeland, adding that future generations would question the present response if land and history were compromised.
Reaffirming its stand, UNC asserted that it would neither relinquish ancestral land nor abandon Naga history, and pledged to protect both for future generations.