IT News
Imphal, Nov 24:
Members of the Naga People’s Front (NPF) 43-Phungyar Assembly Constituency Unit gathered at the public ground in Kamjong to hold a peaceful and silent protest against the proposed fencing along the Indo-Myanmar border and the abolition of the Free Movement Regime (FMR). The protesters carried placards and banners expressing their opposition to the Ministry of Home Affairs’ plans, which they claimed would harm the cultural and social ties of the Naga people.
The NPF 43-Phungyar Unit strongly opposed the construction of a barbed-wire fence along what they termed as an “artificial and imaginary” border. They likened the proposal to a divisive Berlin Wall, arguing that it would segregate Naga communities living on both sides of the international boundary. The group stated that such a move would disrupt cultural, economic, religious, and social ties with their Naga brothers and sisters across the border. They warned that the Nagas and other ethnic communities residing along the porous border would not accept the proposal.
The group criticized the historical division of India and Myanmar by the colonial British administration, stating that it had already caused deep wounds and disrupted the blood relationships of the Naga people. They emphasized that the pain of separation still lingers in their collective memory. The planned fencing and abolition of the decades-old FMR, they said, would only worsen the situation, describing the moves as anti-people and unacceptable.
The NPF 43-Phungyar Unit urged citizens to oppose the proposed measures, calling them drastic and divisive. They made a passionate appeal for solidarity in resisting the Government of India’s plans, stressing the need to protect the Naga ancestral domain and preserve ties between Naga communities on both sides of the border.
