NSCN(IM) derecognises three apex Zeliangrong bodies Hebron, July 30: The NSCN (IM) Joint Council of the Steering Committee, Kilonsers, and Heads of the Departments has derecognized the three apex Zeliangrong organizations – Zeliangrong Baudi (Assam, Manipur & Nagaland), Zeliangrong Youth Front (Assam, Manipur & Nagaland), and All Zeliangrong Students’ Union (Assam, Manipur & Nagaland) – with immediate effect. They will “not represent the voice of the Zeliangrong people any longer,” read a press statement from the Ministry of Information & Publicity, NSCN (IM), released today. It stated the reasons for derecognizing the three bodies to be: challenging the Yaruiwo’s Order of 2011; demanding separate homeland of the Zeliangrong people in collaboration with the Zeliangrong United Front (ZUF); and challenging the Tatar Hoho decision of March 23, 2018, which approved the recognition of three Naga tribes as separate tribes, namely Zeme, Li...