Even as eight Naga legislators from Manipur signed a memorandum to the Prime Minister along with 32 of their Meitei colleagues in the Assembly, some terms that the Naga MLAs put their names to have now stirred up a hornet’s nest within the United Naga Council (UNC), the apex body of the 20 Naga tribes living in Manipur.
The UNC has in strong terms distanced itself from the eight Naga MLAs (from across party lines) for putting their names on the memorandum, saying that some of the points mentioned in the representation “negated the collective sentiments of the Naga populace”.
Around 40 MLAs (both Meitei and Naga) had written to the PMO on August 9, seeking the implementation of the National Register of Citizens and the strengthening of existing Autonomous District Councils (ADCs) as possible political solutions to the ongoing conflict in the State between the Kuki-Zomi people and the Meitei people.
