No "self-styled" organization or student body possesses the power to alter territorial classifications or create parallel administrative structures through intimidation.
TNL claimed that the Ministry of Home Affairs was involved in enabling the violence, asserting that Kuki SoO groups were being used as mercenaries against the Tangkhul Nagas.
Tangkhul side had exercised restraint and ensured that village volunteers did not engage in firing, adding that “not a single bullet” had been fired from their side during that period.