Kohima, Sept. 4: An influential organisation representing the Angami tribe has cautioned the Khaplang faction of the NSCN against any attempt at “racial cleansing”, be it by asking Tangkhuls to quit Nagaland or by other means.

Mhiesizokho Zinyu, president of the Angami Public Organisation, said his organisation was trying to build “a great Nagaland” where all Nagas, irrespective of their tribe, “walk with their heads held high and with a sense of brotherhood”.

He said the NSCN (K)’s recent “quit notice” to Tang-khuls — NSCN (I-M) general secretary Thuingaleng Muivah is from that community — would have far-reaching consequences.

Zinyu said, “Whatever the issues confronting the Nagas, it is unfair to condemn any tribe en bloc just because some of the tribesmen hold a different stance.”

Zinyu said racial cleansing was against the “policy of Naga brotherhood, unity and reconciliation”. He urged the NSCN (K) to reconsider its stand.

“The Naga public hopes and aspires that unity and brotherhood will reign supreme once the Nagas are consolidated as a free people in a sovereign state that the community dreams of. But the political trend on the home front today is not stable,” Zinyu said.