Imphal, March 28: One NSCN-IM cadre was killed in a factional clash between the two rival NSCN factions in Tamenglong district today, reports NNN.

Reports said that today's clash took place at a village called Thiulon under Tousem sub-division of the district.

The incident is said to have occurred at around 4 in the morning.

The slain cadre has been identified as one Somipem son of Awungthing.

The deceased was the corporal of the NSCN-IM.

He was 25 years old and hailed from Shiroi village of Ukhrul district.

Meanwhile, the NSCN-K, Zeliangrong Region has ridiculed the rival NSCN-IM with regards to the latter's move on the Indian election.

The NSCN-K, Zeliangrong Region in a statement issued to Newmai News Network by its information and publicity secretary while calling the rival group as "Isak-Khadou gang or NSCN-IK gang," has said that some years ago the NSCN-IM had announced, "We want Solution, Not Election' saying that the Nagas did not recognise the Indian election and hence the "Isak-Khadou" gang boycotted the Indian election.

The outfit then said that the flip-flop stance of the rival NSCN-IM or "Isak-Khadou gang" had been exposed when it fully involved in the Indian election by using its puppet organisations like the United Naga Council (UNC) and worked for few 'selected' candidates in which the general publics were forced to cast their votes under the barrel of guns in favour of the NSCN-IM's selected candidates.

The Khaplang faction then suggested the rival NSCN-IM to float an "Indian political party" so that the confusion in the public's minds would be cleared.

"This is so because the ultimate goal of the Isak-khadou gang (NSCN-IM) has been to join the Indian politics", predicted the NSCN-K, Zeliangrong Region.

On the ongoing dialogue between the Government of India and the NSCN-IM, the Khaplang faction of the NSCN, Zeliangrong Region questioned that the peace-process of the Isak-Khadou gang (NSCN-IM), if tangible and fruitful, why dragging on for so long and then termed it as the world longest peace-talk in the political history.

"After every round of talks, the Isak-Khadou gang (NSCN-IM) always claim it as smooth, positive and forward and in the right direction", belittled the NSCN-K, Zeliangrong Region to the NSCM-IM and the GOI peace talks and said, "this has been done so in order to mislead the Naga public." It also questioned that for how long the IsakKhadou gang (NSCN-IM) will keep on fooling the Nagas".

On the other front, the NSCN-K, Zeliangrong Region said that when there was hue and cry over the Baby Elizebeth Lungnila kidnapp and murder case by a gang but the general public got consoled themselves when the NSCN-IM announced that the culprits were in the outfit's custody.

The general public were hopeful that justice would be done in the episode but till date nothing concrete has come out from the reported investigation of NSCN-IM, said the Khaplang faction of the NSCN, Zeliangrong Region.

It also pointed out that the two school going kids were abducted on December 14 last year from Senapati Hqs and the NSCN-IM had promised to solve the matter within ten days time and produce the culprits but only the skeletal remains of the two kids were found on March 27 after the lapse of more than 100 days.

"For how long the general public be continued to be fooled by the cunning tactics of the Isak-Khadou gang", asked the NSCN-K and called the rival outfit as wolf in sheep skin.

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