Senapati, February 06: While strongly refuting a report in an Imphal based newspaper with regard to its ongoing non-cooperation movement against the Manipur Govt, the United Naga Council (UNC) has stated that there is no question of re-launching or launching the non-cooperation movement as it had already started the non-coperation movement since November 4, 2005 at Senapati at the Naga Peoples Convention.

In a statement issued to Newmai News Network today the UNC said that it strongly denies the report in the February 1 issue in The Sangai Express filed by one of its staff reporters which said that the UNC was gearing up to relaunch its suspended non-cooperation movement and may announce it on Lui-Ngai-Ni day at Ukhrul.

While clarifying, UNC today stated that the staff reporter of The Sangai Express had mixed up the economic blockade and the November 4 Senapati Naga Peoples Convention resolution.

The Naga body said that the UNC had launched the non-cooperation movement on November 4, 2005 and since then it has been going on till date.

The Naga body alleged that the staff reporter of that Imphal based daily had misquoted the United Naga Council.

"The matter was first brought to the notice on February 1, 2006 itself but no retraction took place till date, hence the press release," said UNC.

Further clarifying the matter, the UNC stated that "Lui-Ngai-Ni is the social and cultural festival and shall remain so.

The UNC does not and will not use the social and cultural platform to put forward its political agenda." Senapati Committee : The Public Grievances Committee of Senapati district has urged the State Government to release the bills for all the maintenance works of the PWD taken up in the district maintaining the said bills have not been issued for the last 3/4 years.

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