The United Naga Council (UNC) has expressed strong resentment regarding the Black Day programme which was observed on September 13 at Tuibuong, Kuki Inpi Complex in Churachandpur district of Manipur.
A release from the publicity wing of UNC alleged that โthe ulterior motive of Kuki National Organization (KNO) in organizing Black Day is nothing but to expose the hollowness of the so called Kuki Movement to the outside world and also, to prove their defeat and frustrationโ.
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The world knows the undeniable origin and history of the Kukis and its first movement in Burma and its end result, it said, while adding that โNow, the same people after its failure in Burma is playing the same game in the present state of Manipurโ.
It also condemned the use of terms like โgenocideโ and โpogromโ by the KNO.
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The release further said that the Naga national struggle for self-determination continued for more than half a century basically for political recognition of Naga as a distinct nation.
While stating the movement is basically a struggle of an emerging nationality for a political identity of its own, UNC alleged that the KNO and its associates in connivance with adversaries took up arms against the Naga people just for a hollow dream to create a Kuki homeland within Naga territory.
UNC also asserted that โowing to the evil policy of the KNO, widespread confrontation took place between the Kukis and the Nagas and there were huge casualty on both sidesโ.
UNC, in its release, also blamed KNO president, P S Haokip for opening โthe Pandoraโs Box with its evil motiveโ adding that if any undesirable situation develops, the entire responsibility will have to be borne by KNO and its associates.