Naga Hoho speaker H.K. Zhimomi and general secretary P. Chuba Ozukum, in a statement, said Hoho considered the action of Manipur government as an “open declaration of war against the Nagas.”
The Hoho affirmed that Nagas would stand as a people of one nation, regardless of any division on their land made through “colonial designs”. It also stated that any attack on Naga people would be considered as an attack on “the nation.” With regard to Naga citizens reportedly being held hostage in Imphal valley, the hoho cautioned that any harm inflicted to them would be countered by “befitting actions”.
It also resolved to derecognize any artificial boundary lines, drawn across Naga people’s ancestral lands in the present Manipur state.