"Unfinished Issue...": Manipur's Nagas Oppose Kukis' Separate Admin Demand
NDTV
Referring to two districts created in Manipur in 2016, the United Naga Council (UNC) said it was the "handiwork" of the then Congress government that allegedly took the decision for political reasons
The top Naga body in Manipur has strongly objected to the Kuki tribes' demand for a separate administration as it includes two districts that the Nagas had opposed when they were created in 2016.
The United Naga Council (UNC) in a strongly worded statement said the creation of the two districts "remains alive as an unfinished issue", and so it has become all the more "inevitable for the Nagas to register our opposition to the issues raised and incorporated in their memorandum submitted to different authorities as it is posing a big threat to the very existence and inalienable rights of the Nagas, particularly in the state of Manipur".
Sources said the UNC's statement, although not entirely unexpected, is significant as it brings the Nagas in the state, who have so far been speaking from the sides amid the Kuki-Meitei conflict, to the centre stage of the Manipur situation.
