IMPHAL, June 15: The Zeliangrong Youth Front (Assam, Manipur & Nagaland) have decided during its emergency meeting held today at the ZYF Head Office to refrain Zeliangrong Youth Front from participation during the United Naga Council (UNC) sponsored bandh which is to be effective from June 16 midnight till June 18.
A ZYF statement signed by its jt secretary, David Kamei has informed that necessary instructions in this regard have been intimated to all the ZYF zonal offices spreading in different districts of Manipur.
“The decision to refrain from participation and involvement in the bandh is to express disagreement with the UNC arbitrary decision taken without ZYF being given opportunity to express views and opinions although ZYF is one of the frontal organizations of the UNC”.
It continued, “The ZYF, all these while, in the larger interest of the Nagas have been fully involved in all activities relating to Naga issues without having any reservation and hesitation considering it as utmost responsibilities despite the fact that UNC failed to provide space for ZYF in the past occasions”.
“However, the silence maintained by the ZYF is ignored and leaving aside ZYF has become almost a regular practiced of the UNC which can be considered as intentional and a deliberate act, as such the ZYF is compelled to refrain from the said bandh”.
“Any consequence which may be resulted by the bandh is not related to the ZYF”, it said.