NSCN (I-M) has rubbished Cease-Fire Monitoring Cell (CFMC) chairman Lt. Gen. (Retd) N.K. Singh\u2019s claim that cease-fire between the government of India and the group was operational only within the state of Nagaland.\nNSCN (I-M) CFMC convenor of NSCN (I-M) Kraibo Chawang on Saturday maintained that NSCN (I-M) stood by the agreement signed between the two entities on June 14, 2001 that the coverage area of the cease-fire would be \u201cwithout territorial limit.\u201d
\nTalking exclusively to Nagaland Post over phone, Kraibo Chawang said N.K. Singh\u2019s claim was not acceptable to NSCN (I-M).
\nHe said: \u201cThe cease fire agreement is between government of India and NSCN as two entities without territorial limit. Since it is a bilateral agreement, one party has no right to unilaterally change the content in the agreement.\u201d
\nHe said CFMG chairman\u2019s claim that his jurisdiction was only within the state of Nagaland could be true as he has been appointed by government of India for Nagaland only.
\nHowever, he pointed out that this did not mean that there was no cease-fire in other Naga areas.
\nKraibo Chawang said NSCN (I-M) had four designated camps in Manipur – Chandel, Senapati, Ukhrul and Tamenglong.
\nTo buttress his argument, Kraibo Chawang said that during the CFMG meeting, he had informed CFMG chairman that he along with the then NSCN (I-M) kilo kilonser and 13 other cadres were arrested by Manipur commandos with arms and ammunition in 2004.
\nHowever in the spirit of cease-fire, the then Union Home Minister L.K. Advani intervened and they were released along with the arms and ammunition without any condition, said Kraibo Chawang.
\nHe pointed out that the CFMG chairman\u2019s claim was just an argument quite distinct from NSCN (I-M)\u2019s stand which was based on an agreement between the government of India and NSCN (I-M).
\nPachaspura killing
\nOn killing of Karbis on January 3 in Pachaspura, Kraibo Chawang said that during the meeting it was conveyed to the chairman that NSCN (I-M) was not sheltering the accused as claimed.
\nAsserting that NSCN (I-M) had nothing to do with Pachaspura killing, the CFMC convenor said that in case some NSCN (I-M) cadres were found to be involved then it would be purely at \u201cindividual level.\u201d
\nDuring the cease-fire meeting, Kraibo Chawang had argued that the Pachaspura killing was not an \u201cisolated case\u201d but a \u201cretaliatory action\u201d taken by Rengma Nagas whose villages was burnt down with many getting killed.
\nHe also questioned why Pachaspura killing has been taken very seriously by the government of India and not the plight of the displaced Rengma Nagas who had to take shelter elsewhere.
\nWhat has Assam police, government of India and India security forces done for the Rengma Nagas, asked Kraibo Chawang.
\nDisplaced Rengmas in Hebron
\nHe also disclosed that displaced Rengma women and children were taking shelter in a relief camp in Hebron and pointed out that the same could have been done by the Assam Rifles or government of Nagaland.
\nCFMC convenor also divulged that during the last cease-fire meeting, the issue of cancellation of identity cards was also discussed.
\nKraibo Chawang pointed out that the identity card was issued by NSCN (I-M) with the approval by government of India.
\nHe also argued that cancellation of identity cards by the CFMG chairman when the latter was authorized only to counter sign the identity cards was a procedural lapse.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"