Imphal: Stating that Nagas as the third parties have been suffering untold miseries in every sphere in this four months long Meitei-Kuki clash, United Naga Council (UNC) has urged government to once and for all stop unabated illegal taxation and extortion towards the commuters and suppliers of essential commodities along the national highways and inter-district highways in Manipur.
The UNC in a press statement released on Wednesday said, four months has passed ever since the mayhem broke out on May 3 and all the ethnic communities living in the state of Manipur including Nagas as the third parties have been suffering untold miseries in every sphere.
With all concern and patience, hoping for resolution to the ongoing conflict between the warring communities Kuki-Zo and Meiteis, Naga people have endured all the hardships and provocations from both the communities and UNC has been giving all efforts-goodwill peace mission towards the resolution of the same, but it turns out otherwise and all the more weight is being put upon the Naga people in many ways, UNC said.
At this given situations, UNC is necessitated to draw concerns from the state authorities and the two warring communities for immediate redressal in the greater interest of all the communities living in the state of Manipur, it added.
“The state and central government should initiate necessary steps to ensure the uninterrupted supply of essential commodities throughout the length and breadth of the state.”
Unwarranted checking, frisking, detentions and unloading of essential commodities and various strictures imposing upon Naga people in sporadic areas and unabated illegal taxation/extortion towards the commuters and suppliers of essential commodities along the National Highways and Inter-District highways should be stopped once and for all, UNC said.
Persistent ongoing Economic Blockade being imposed by COTU along the highways be lifted immediately in the interest of all communities living in the state. That, the state and central government must also address the grievances like non-availability of life-saving drugs and essential commodities being faced by the kuki-Zo community as demanded by COTU, it added.
“UNC is hoping that this statement will find well to all the concerned and pave way to prevail peace and return to its normalcy.”
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