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We didn't ask Nagas to leave Imphal: NSCN (I-M)

The National Socialist Council of Nagaland (Isak-Muivah) has refuted media reports that it had asked Nagas to leave Imphal valley in the wake of anti-ceasefire agitations in Manipur.

Describing the reports published in the print media as "concocted stories purported to malign the image of the NSCN (I-M)", the underground organisation said that the concerned journalists seemed to have abandoned "reasons and ethics of journalism".

The Information and publicity wing of the NSCN (I-M), in a statement released on Friday, said that such baseless reports were responsible for the mass exodus of Nagas from the Imphal valley when the anti-ceasefire agitation took a violent turn in Manipur.

Although no official figures of the displaced Nagas were available so far, several Naga NGOs and student bodies put the figure at 20,000, who, they said, have been taking shelter in Senapati, Ukhrul, Chandel and Tamenglong districts of Manipur and Dimapur and Kohima in Nagaland.

The Anti-ceasefire Agitation: Complete Coverage

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