Reacting to the accusations by the NSCN (K) against its president ‘Gen. (retd)’ Khole Konyak, the GPRN/NSCN Saturday asserted that accusations were a tell tale sign to “character assassinate” its president Khole by the accusers whom it described as a “few junior chameleons.
MIP,GPRN/NSCN said the who now hang on to S.S Khaplang, had participated in expelling the latter from both the government and party on June 7,2011 and were now indulging in a “smear campaign” against Khole, who had groomed them and “whose life was an epitome of loyalty, truth, justice and comradeship.”
It said these few “agitated and apprehensive” individuals stationed at Mon continued to “distort history, issue orders, bestow ranks on themselves and plant anti-reconciliatory policies”.
MIP described Khole as a “freedom fighter, a warrior both in times of war and peace,” and who could never be “labelled a merciless killer” and “surely not by boys who ran away from him seven months earlier in June 2011.”
While saying that “cowardice and brutality” belonged to those who were pointing fingers at Khole, MIP said its authorities, at a meeting in Tobu recently, informed Konyak people to beware of “destructive elements” at work particularly in Konyak region.
In particular, it accused Wangtin Konyak of the NSCN (K) as masterminding the “art of distorting facts” through the “so-called MIP” and cautioned that unless prompt correction was made, Naga history “will be the loser.”
MIP said during the time of the NNC, Wangtin Konyak’s father “slaughtered four national workers” at Phoktong village and presented the “severed heads to Angh of Mon while their arms and ammunitions were submitted to the Indian Authorities.” It said those slain national workers included – late Enso of Showa village, late Bethok of Otinos village, late Jaithing of Shangnyu village and late Athi of Zakho Village.
MIP also said NNC had sent its representatives viz. Itomang Laoba, Mankhao and another Ao national worker to meet the Angh of Mon and advised him to seek apology from the NNC. However, MIP said Angh declined and even his wife “insulted the national workers” by showing the “battered skulls of the four National workers”.
“Such insult to the NNC was unacceptable and the highest NNC authority declared capital punishment on the Angh,” said the MIP. It claimed that Wangtin’s father was also responsible for the assassination attempt on former minister Noke, “which claimed the life of his dear son.”
Asserting that a time has come for Konyaks and Nagas to know who Wangtin and his friends were, MIP queried “If Wangtin was a national worker why did the GoI in July 2010, awarded Wangtin Konyak with “good citizen of India award” which he accepted gleefully?”
It alleged that Wangtin was feeding the government of India with all information that they needed to counter the “Naga political struggle.” Further, MIP said untimely deaths of late “2nd lt.” Yangkem, late Tingran, late Khote and Konyak region vice chairman late Sheilong, were orchestrated when “certain overground Konyak leaders” placed an ultimatum before the “Naga government” that if four individuals were not granted capital punishment, Konyak public would not “co-operate with the Naga government.”
MIP said support of the general public was “restored” but at the cost of precious lives.
Also, reacting to NSCN (K) charges that Khole was responsible for the deaths of many Tangkhul “national workers” in the 1988, the GPRN/NSCN termed it as a “blatant distortion of history.”
MIP said “in fact under the then C-in-C Khole’s command, not a single Tangkhul national worker was killed in Konyak region”.
Also, responding to NSCN (K) accusation that Khole stole fifty 303 rifles, MIP said it was “too foolish to even think of.”
“Granting thirty days to Gen (Retd) Khole to submit the supposedly stolen rifles must be considered as the most ridiculous demand in many years among the Nagas,” it remarked.
With regard to this, MIP ‘advised’ the “Khaplang members to ask GHQ commander of the time the details” and added it has become a habit for “Khaplang boys” to threaten family members of “National workers and shifting responsibility to children.”
“This is a new trend of negative revolution,” MIP said, adding it has crossed all “revolutionary ethics and GPRN/NSCN shall duly take note.”
It asked “does the so called MIP of Khaplang believe that all relatives and children of Khaplang boys are manufactured from factories with indestructible materials and only relatives and children of GPRN/NSCN born of mortal mothers?” and cautioned that it was wise not to “invite a cursed future.”
Also, stating that Naga Reconciliation process would “obviously annoy” those who have no courage to address the common future, the GPRN/NSCN said “negative policies” would continue but Naga future generations must hope and believe in a common future “with or without the some unruly youngsters.”