22 rival activists join NSCN (IM)

EMN Dimapur, July 30 The armed underground organization NSCN (IM) on Thursday, July 30, said that more than 20 activists from various other underground factions have joined the group. “NSCN/GPRN is pleased to inform our Naga people as 23 comrades who had stayed astray and has now decided to join the revolutionary mainstream where it lies the future of Naga people. We appreciate and salute the right decision they have taken today. We welcome them with much prayer and we wish them the best as we henceforth shall fight together for our “inalienable rights”, a note from the group’s “MIP” stated. The NSCN (IM) listed 23 persons, stated to have joined the group, in the press release. They include cadres from the NNC (‘non-accordist’), FGN, and NSCN-Unification.