Imphal, October 21: Reacting sharply to the recent statement of Oscar Fernandes that a National level meeting may be held to discuss the formation of a Greater Nagalim, the United Committee Manipur today reiterated that the people of Manipur will not yield an inch of the State's territory.

In a statement, UCM said that the people are aware that if there is no Manipur there will be no Manipuris and added that the flip flop stand of New Delhi with regard to the territorial sanctity of Manipur did not come as a surprise.

UCM said that the recent statement of Oscar Fernandes that a National level meeting may be convened to discuss the integration of Naga inhabited areas is nothing but an agenda of Delhi to tamper with the territorial integrity of Manipur.

Recalling the Great June 18 Uprising of 2001, the statement said that the people have shown that they are ready to sacrifice everything to protect the territory of Manipur and added that any future designs will meet the same fate.

No force on earth can defeat the people's resolve to protect the territory of Manipur, asserted UCM and added there is no ground to entertain the demand of integrating Naga inhabited areas in the current peace talk.

The National level discussion mooted by Fernandes is just an eye wash to play the appeasement policy at the cost of others, said UCM and added that this in effect means the disintegration of the territorial integrity of other States of North East India.

The deliberate attempt of the Centre to ignore the stand of the people of Manipur is akin to adding fuel to the fire, said UCM and added that Delhi should remember that though their political stooges in Manipur may believe in the culture of high command, the people of Manipur are not ready to buy this line.

What Fernandes said was against the Common Minimum Programme of the UPA Government, reminded UCM and questioned what action has been taken up in this regard.

In the name of the peace talk the NSCN (IM) is today openly extorting money from the people and imposing their taxes at will with the Indian military mutely looking on.

This has raised a serious question over the credibility of the Ceasefire Monitoring Cell set up by the Indian Government, said UCM further.

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