PaRCha - JNU - All Organisations - 1999 ID-41085
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highly outrageous demands for Nagalim, a demand based on a lack of understanding of the concept of a nation and the principle of national self determination. A claim to self-rule itself derives from the prin~iple ofnational self-determination and henc..! there should i11 the li rst place, a nation, for self-determination to take place. A nation precedes self-determination. and not vice versa. The NSCN (T-M) manufacturing of a Naga nation involves suppression of dissenting voices of smaller tribes within and the elimination of indcpendent identities outside tlu·ough an etlmic cleansing mission -"those who arc not "ith arc against us". Have we forgotten the Kuki-Naga clashes in Manipur? .
i'vl;lnipur which continued its existence as an independent political enitity till it joined lmli <l in 1949 has been home to various communities. Neither the Nagas nor the DSU has ;111y right to identify only the Meiteis with the term Manipuri. Every community has equ;dly justified claims to the territory of Manipur, which is why the protest against rhe ccasl'lire has been so strong from all sections of the population. The DSU acted as a mouthpiece or the NSCN (l-M) by inviting representatives only from the Nagas of i\lanipur in their public meeting held on the ti11 of July 2001. No representatives from the ulhl.!r communities in Manipur were invited. The process of dialogue and interaction dues not mean allowing one party to completely misrepresent a common problem. Not content with that the DSU went to write baseless and nasty comments on the Meiteis and their protests thereby making out the whole issue to he a Naga-Meitei con11ict. They had no objections when asked if a one sided representation was what they \Vanted. In a si tuation already so tense will the DSU share responsibility in case a civil w~r breaks out .
in Manipur? Is that their understanding of what 'democratic' is? It is always ea y for the l)~l l tn be n c·us::dcr without a cause. Our demand still stands -give us the source:/ ~,.·, ·itknci;!S oCyour remarks and accusations or apologize in public. .
In the meanwhile some Naga students too have followed the DSU's iickle ways in making accusations against the Meiteis saying that they held ' provocative· placards inside the meeting hall. What was so provocative about placards which said ''long live '!ani pur: ·· Do not Communalise Manipur"? If a group of 12 girls standing silently in a pudium holding placards without raising even a single slogan or speaking a single word \\<1S so ..provocative of physical violence" one can well imagine what the Nazi cadres or .
NSCN (l-M) must be doing when a allowed free movement with guns. .
l.astly we reiterate we do not believe in a meaningless exchange or accusations that cunYcniently bypasses issues. Let it be known to all, particularly the D 'U and the ·. 'ulidarity Group', that we will fight tooth and nail their tactics of pitting one community al.!ainst the other in the already troubled North East. .
rJanipur and its people have been painfully witnessing a gradual shrinking of its territorial nnd political space since it joined India. We will not allow it to happ.e!! any !'urther. otherwise in the words of Mahmoud Darwish " Where shall 111e go qfter the last .
(i"ont iers I Where shall the hirds.fly a.fier I he last sky " .
Lon~ Live Manipur! .
Some coHccrncd ManipUJ·i students, .lNU .
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PaRCha - JNU - All Organisations - 1999 ID-41085
.
highly outrageous demands for Nagalim, a demand based on a lack of understanding of the concept of a nation and the principle of national self determination. A claim to self-rule itself derives from the prin~iple ofnational self-determination and henc..! there should i11 the li rst place, a nation, for self-determination to take place. A nation precedes self-determination. and not vice versa. The NSCN (T-M) manufacturing of a Naga nation involves suppression of dissenting voices of smaller tribes within and the elimination of indcpendent identities outside tlu·ough an etlmic cleansing mission -"those who arc not "ith arc against us". Have we forgotten the Kuki-Naga clashes in Manipur? .
i'vl;lnipur which continued its existence as an independent political enitity till it joined lmli <l in 1949 has been home to various communities. Neither the Nagas nor the DSU has ;111y right to identify only the Meiteis with the term Manipuri. Every community has equ;dly justified claims to the territory of Manipur, which is why the protest against rhe ccasl'lire has been so strong from all sections of the population. The DSU acted as a mouthpiece or the NSCN (l-M) by inviting representatives only from the Nagas of i\lanipur in their public meeting held on the ti11 of July 2001. No representatives from the ulhl.!r communities in Manipur were invited. The process of dialogue and interaction dues not mean allowing one party to completely misrepresent a common problem. Not content with that the DSU went to write baseless and nasty comments on the Meiteis and their protests thereby making out the whole issue to he a Naga-Meitei con11ict. They had no objections when asked if a one sided representation was what they \Vanted. In a si tuation already so tense will the DSU share responsibility in case a civil w~r breaks out .
in Manipur? Is that their understanding of what 'democratic' is? It is always ea y for the l)~l l tn be n c·us::dcr without a cause. Our demand still stands -give us the source:/ ~,.·, ·itknci;!S oCyour remarks and accusations or apologize in public. .
In the meanwhile some Naga students too have followed the DSU's iickle ways in making accusations against the Meiteis saying that they held ' provocative· placards inside the meeting hall. What was so provocative about placards which said ''long live '!ani pur: ·· Do not Communalise Manipur"? If a group of 12 girls standing silently in a pudium holding placards without raising even a single slogan or speaking a single word \\<1S so ..provocative of physical violence" one can well imagine what the Nazi cadres or .
NSCN (l-M) must be doing when a allowed free movement with guns. .
l.astly we reiterate we do not believe in a meaningless exchange or accusations that cunYcniently bypasses issues. Let it be known to all, particularly the D 'U and the ·. 'ulidarity Group', that we will fight tooth and nail their tactics of pitting one community al.!ainst the other in the already troubled North East. .
rJanipur and its people have been painfully witnessing a gradual shrinking of its territorial nnd political space since it joined India. We will not allow it to happ.e!! any !'urther. otherwise in the words of Mahmoud Darwish " Where shall 111e go qfter the last .
(i"ont iers I Where shall the hirds.fly a.fier I he last sky " .
Lon~ Live Manipur! .
Some coHccrncd ManipUJ·i students, .lNU .
.
.