'Centre's attitude towards us step-motherly'

The Khaplang wing of the National Socialist Council of Nagaland has asked the government to "rein in" activities of its rival NSCN faction.

Accusing the Centre of adopting a step-motherly attitude towards it, the Khaplang wing of the National Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN) has asked the government to "rein in" activities of its rival NSCN faction.

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"At present the government is concentrating only on the NSCN-IM and our issue has been more or less sidelined," top NSCN-K leader A Z Jami told PTI.

"NSCN-IM cadres have been violating ceasefire rules and attacking our members. But the government measures to check their activities have been far from satisfactory," he alleged.

An NSCN-K team held discussions with the Centre last week and discussed issues relating to ceasefire ground rules.

"Our foremost demand to the government was to stop the NSCN-IM from attacking our cadres," Jami said.

"We also demanded shifting of our ceasefire board office and strengthening the ceasefire ground rules," he said.

Another senior NSCN-K leader K Mulatonu, who is also the supervisor of the group's ceasefire supervisory board, said several issues relating to the rival faction indulging in unbearable activities were discussed.

"The activities of NSCN-IM are not good for the ongoing truce between the security forces and the NSCN-K," Mulatonu said.

The government for the first time announced a truce with NSCN-K in 1998, which has been extended since then several times. The current ceasefire expires on April 27, 2008.