Ukhrul, Nov 20 NNN : In a seeming response to the movement of the Kuki State Demand Committe (KSDC), the Tangkhul
Naga Long (TNL) has said that every community big or small has a traditional boundary which should be respected
and reciprocated in turn.
The Tangkhul Naga Long, however did not mention the KSDC in its communique.
On Tuesday, after having held a meeting in Ukhrul, the apex body of the Tangkhul community said that the land of
the Nagas is bounded by definite geographical boundaries. The people are governed by a set of laws based on
handed down tradition, culture, customary and usages under time honoured institutions. Land and Nagas are
inseparable. They cannot be compromised under any circumstances, as told, the TNL stated.
The TNL then said a nation big or small, community or village has a traditional boundary. “We share traditional
boundaries with others. They are not the gift of man or kings but God to the Nagas. Wherein is the ancestral
homeland of the Nagas. It is the very obligation of every Nagas to defend and protect them. There is no khasland in
the land of the Nagas” the Tangkhul apex body added.
“We may live together with each other by respecting the history of the land. We respect others’ history and also
wished the same from others. To live in peace, one should respect others’ history,” the apex Tangkhul body said.
The Nagas in Manipur are demanding ‘alternative arrangement’ to the Government of India outside the Government
of Manipur, pending Indo Naga final settlement and all should support the pending settlement for the early solution
for national/regional peace and harmony and the generations to come, the Tangkhul Naga Long stated.
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