The Kohima Press Club on Saturday stated that it was deeply concerned over the vandalization of the office of Naga Students’ Federation (NSF) at the Naga Club Building in Kohima which has indirectly affected the temporary working office of the Kohima Press Club that is housed within the same building.

The building was vandalized and brought to the ground by miscreants in the wee hours on Saturday

Any act of vandalism is unwarranted and that of cowardice and has no place in a civilized society, Kohima Press Club stated while condemning the act. It urged upon the authorities concerned to conduct a swift investigation into the whole incident and take action as per the law of the land.

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The Ao students’ Conference (AKM) said that the miscreants are anti Naga national elements with the agenda to destroy the spirit of Naga nationalism. It asked the authorities to take necessary action at the earliest.

Further, AKM assured its unwavering support to the NSF and the Naga people in ‘our collective endeavour to build and rebuild not only the physical building but most importantly the Naga nation at this challenging moment.’

The Rengma Students’ Union (RSU), in its statement, condemned the ‘preposterous act’ by ‘wayward individual (s) to dismantle the very heritage and tarnish the undying legacy of our Naga pioneers who have sown the seeds of Naga-ness wherein their memory continues to be fondly revered and visibly envisaged in the form of the Naga Club building.’

RSU called the vandalization of NSF office an ‘attempt to hijack an organization that has long been standing for the just cause and rights of the students, youths and the Naga people and terms the act as a direct challenge to the core values of peace, unity and progress of the Naga nation.’

The union urged authorities to book the perpetrators be immediately booked and accorded exemplary justice as befittingly deemed by the law and cautioned that if not dealt firmly, the case ‘will further unfold many more such anarchic incidents and will unsettle the very foundation of law and order in the State.’

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