Source: The Sangai Express / Newmai News Network
Dimapur, November 23:
In a major development pertaining to the NSCN factions, a �Joint Declaration� of the two factions was issued at Niuland, off Dimapur this morning.
The declaration read, �With a view to end bloodshed and fratricidal killing that has shed darkness all over Nagaland for decades, the warring factions of NSCN having decided to unify, declare its unification to be under a single banner of NSCN/GPRN on this day of 23rd Nov, 2007 at Hovishe village under Niuland, UT-I�.
The Joint Declaration was signed by C Singson, Kilonser of the Khaplang group and Kilo-Kilonser (Home Minister) Azheto of the Isak-Muivah faction.
Th Muivah is presently at Camp Hebron.
However, well-placed source from the IM faction authority informed Newmai News Network late tonight that the Joint Declaration was done without the knowledge of the NSCN-IM�s �higher authority�.
Reports have been going on since this morning in Dimapur that the development appears to be a case of NSCN-IM Home Minister defecting to the rival NSCN-K side.
Around 60 to 70 cadres of the NSCN-K were around the Niuland area this morning, according to the reports received.
Interestingly, C Singson of the NSCN-K and Azheto of the NSCN-IM are from the Sema community.
There have also been reports going on that the development is quite serious as it was likely that today�s development was a launching-pad to have a Sema based militant outfit.
Meanwhile, confusion is running high among the public leaders in Nagaland as to where today�s development will lead to.
Whether it was a case of NSCN-IM Kilo-Kilonser (Home minister) defecting to the rival faction or whether it was just a revolt against the NSCN-IM leadership engineered by the outfit�s adversaries are not yet clear.