IMPHAL, May 9: The Joint Non-Government Voluntary Organization, Kakching clarified over allegations levelled by the Chandel Naga People organization (CNPO) against the Local MLA of Kakching and the claim of some land of Thoubal District as a part of Chandel District.
Addressing a press conference at the Manipur Press Club, President Ksh Biren of the Joint Non-Government Voluntary Organization condemned the press statement of the (CNPO) Chandel District which was published in some daily newspapers blaming them for taking out sign boards written as Chandel district in the area he said
He further said that the Local MLA of Kakching had nothing to do with the matter. He said, “All together, 33 villages have settled in the area from the year 1975 onward after buying the land from their respective land owners with the land revenue of the area being collected by the Revenue Department of Thoubal as the district boundary has existed from the past many years.”