Western Sumi Hoho (WSH) has urged the state government to remove Assam police outposts in the border areas of Dimapur district near Niuland sector of Aghunaqa, Kuhuboto and Khaghaboto blocks.
In a statement, the WSH appreciated the state deputy chief minister Y. Patton, who also holds the home portfolio, for “standing firmly for Nagaland as a true leader and a son of the soil.” WSH asserted that the state needed such leaders, who were there for the people “in times such as this.” WSH stated that Patton’s “dynamic leadership” has diffused the tension that was going out of control. “We expect Assam to respect the Agreement and not to be unlike in the past,” WSH remarked.
Meanwhile, WSH suggested that all the states having border conflict with Assam should demand neutral forces. It also said that CRPF, which were now under the command of Assam police DIG, should be brought under Union Home Ministry “so as to be neutral in a true sense.”
It said that the “recent aggression” displayed by the newly installed Assam government along the Mizoram border and Tsurangkong areas was a wake-up call for all to remain alert and keep round the clock vigil.
WSH stated that “many unwanted incidents” by Assam side have made the situation tense in every neighbouring state that was sharing borders with Assam. The hoho pointed out that as per the Interim Agreement of 1972 both Assam and Nagaland agreed to dismantle all police outposts on either side. However, WSH said that Assam violated the agreement and never withdrew its police forces from the disputed areas.
Further, WSH maintained that contrary to the previous agreement, half a dozen more police outposts have sprung up in sector B and C, which it said showed the “insincerity and duplicity on the part of Assam state.”