The United Naga council (UNC) on Friday stated that any statement given on social media or in print media from “unmandated organisations in the name and style of all tribals etc. do not carry the voice and sentiment of the people”.
In a statement made available to Newmai News Network on Friday, the UNC said, “The United Naga Council feels pertinent to issue this press statement to dispel misunderstanding arising out of the mushrooming of unmandated organisations taking the name of all tribals and other sections of organisations encompassing the cognate Naga tribes without representing the structural form of organisation at the grassroot level”.
It then said that, the UNC, as an apex organisation of the Nagas in Manipur, has given instructions to all the constituent tribes of the UNC to refrain from issuing sensitive statements in matters pertaining to the prevailing “volatile” situation. “As, however, it is very unfortunate that some Tangkhul individuals in Haomee Federation, an unmandated organisation, has issued such a statement in the guise of 13 Tangkhul villages and six Meitei villages with an ulterior motive to confuse the people,” the UNC also said.
While viewing this as a serious case, the UNC advised the “concerned apex body” to initiate steps to ensure that such “reckless and wanton displays” is not repeated in future.
The UNC, while denouncing the aforementioned statement, made it “unequivocal that any statement given on social media or in print media from unmandated organisations in the name and style of all tribals etc. do not carry the voice and sentiment of the people ''.
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