SUMA confronts NPF, blocks entry Itanagar, January 23, 2014: The Naga People’s Front (NPF) today agreed at the intervention of Students’ Union Movement of Arunachal (SUMA) that it would not spread its wings into Arunachal Pradesh for the time being though it had announced to float its candidates during the ensuing Lok Sabha and Assembly elections. A 12–member NPF team from neighbouring Nagaland who arrived here yesterday were confronted by members of SUMA that led to a commotion as the union leaders have been opposing the entry of NPF into Arunachal. During a meeting between the two groups today, as claimed by SUMA, the NPF team tendered apology for entering the State without valid permit or without prior official intimation. The two groups later decided that NPF would not take up any political activity within Arunachal till reaching an agreeable solution to the issue raised by SUMA. The SUMA told them in no uncertain terms that they would not allow NPF which stands only for the cause of the Nagas but would consent if any party reflects the regional character of other North Eastern States and vouches for their causes, as informed by its president Biri Tabing. “The People’s Party of Arunachal (PPA) will also face the ire if it ties up directly with the NPF for the elections in the State. We will not oppose if the PPA joins a regional forum of political parties,” Tabing said. SUMA members verbally abused journalists including woman scribes. However, Tabing later tendered a written apology for the unbecoming behaviour of few of its members after the Press Club president Chopa Cheda dealt with the matter seriously and demanded an explanation. Later, the members of APC and Arunachal Pradesh Union of Working Journalists unanimously decided that such unbecoming behaviour by any organization with the press persons would be taken as an insult to the media and the case would be decided according to its merit. Meanwhile, the NPF team was externed out from the State Capital Itanagar at the direction of the magistrate. According to police sources, a case was registered and the Nagaland team leaders who were produced before a local magistrate ordered that they should be externed out as per law. Police executed the order by seeing them off at the Hollongi check gate. The NPF leaders were without any inner line permit, mandatorily needed for any outsider under the Bengal Eastern Regulation, 1873 and without intimating the State administration or Capital police about the VIP movement under security coverage, police said. Source: (Sentinel News)
Posted on: Fri, 24 Jan 2014 12:00:16 +0000
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