\nIt asserted that Zeliangrongs elect leaders of their choice and that WSYF had no business with the election nor the right to question the integrity of the leaders. ZYO said leaders of any hoho were elected by the tribe and all others need to acknowledge the elected hoho leaders.
\nZYO pointed out that Zeliangrong Nagas, placed geographically in Assam,Manipur or Nagaland were divided by the British colonialists and India for administrative purposes but \u201care the same\u201d and can live anywhere in their land and not \u201cencroaching or living in anybody\u2019s land\u201d. ZYO described WSYF as \u201c a device of the encroachers, an outsider in our land\u201dhaving no moral right to comment on the leadership of the Zeliangrong Baudi.
\nZYO said it was pained by the statement of the Naga Hoho(NH) urging restraint on both Zeliangrongs and Sumis over Ntangki as the Hoho as the apex body in the state, was expected to \u201cstand for what is true and right\u201d. ZYO slammed the NH for trying to play a mediator role instead of \u201cstopping the forceful encroachers (Inavi village)\u201d. They questioned the NH that if it could not \u201c acknowledge the traditional rights and ownership of a particular Naga tribe and stand for truth\u201d what was it for? Saying it bore no hatred against any tribe but only against illegal settlement and encroachers at Ntangki\u201d ZYO said it expected the NH to state as to \u201cwho are the land encroachers.\u201d
\nIt also questioned the sincerity of the state government over preservation of Ntangki National Park by granting ex gratia to land encroachers in Ntangki-for those who were killed or injured \u201cin the unfortunate incident\u201d adding trespassers could face such fate.
\nOn the other hand, ZYO said Zeliangrongs were also killed for their land at the hands of encroachers government did nothing and asked \u201cwhy the favouritism?\u201d.It warned that such an attitude \u201cwill not be tolerated anymore\u201d.
\n ZYO said when the need was for protection of Ntangki Park from \u201cillegal settlers\u201d, the state government instead assured a tribal organization of removal of the traditional gate at Beisumpuikam, the donor of the Park.It slammed the government for \u201cstooping so low\u201d by assuring a tribal hoho of removing the gate. ZYO said the term \u201cwar gate\u201dused by Sumi organization for the traditional gate was \u201cinflammatory\u201d. It invited the government to see for itself whether the gate was a \u201cwar gate or just a traditional village gate.\u201d ZYO hit out at the government that if it though the Naga United Village or Inavi or whatever villagers were to be allowed to continue encroachment and devastate Ntangki, then \u201clet them find their way\u201d to Ntangki and not through Beisumpuikam village \u201cif they are scared.\u201d<\/p>\n
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