NESO asks Centre to intervene into prevailing situation along Nagaland Manipur border

Syllad | The Rising MeghalayaMarch 29, 2022

The North East Students’ Organisation (NESO) on Tuesday asked the Centre to intervene into the prevailing situation along the Nagaland-Manipur border.

“(We) urge the Government of India to take proactive steps to control the situation from further deterioration and also should intervene by taking the initiative to solve the issue and to bring all the parties involved to the negotiating table so that the issue can be resolved amicably,” NESO chairman Samuel B Jyrwa said in a statement.

He said the NESO expressed serious concern over the indefinite shutdown called by the Southern Angami Peoples Organisation (SAPO) along the National Highway No.2 (Dimapur – Imphal road) which is the lifeline of Manipur and the adjoining areas since  March 23, on the demand that Manipur Government should withdraw its armed personnel from Kezoltsa Area in which the situation in the adjoining areas and of Manipur is deteriorating.

He said this indefinite shutdown has greatly affected the lives and the livelihood of the innocent people.

Asserting that people’s to people’s dialogue is to be encouraged so that the people on the ground do not suffer, Jyrwa said, “NESO thereby appeal to the Southern Angami Peoples Organisation to reconsider and lift the ongoing shut down at the earliest for the interest of the innocent general public and at the same time NESO also urged upon the All Assam Manipuri Youth Association (AAMYA) to suspend the counter shut down for the interest of general public.”

NESO comprising the Khasi Students’ Union (KSU), All Assam Students’ Union (AASU), Naga Students’ Federation (NSF), Mizo Zirlai Pawl (MZP), Twipra Students’ Federation (TSF), All Manipur Students’ Union (AMSU), Garo Students’ Union (GSU) and All Arunachal Pradesh Students’ Union (AAPSU).