Agartala, Feb. 18: The banned National liberation Front of Tripura has suffered another set back when one of its senior leader Nayanbashi Jamatia defected and urged the Amnesty International to rescue his family members who remain confined in a NLFT camp. He added that family members of Bru National Liberation Front's leader - a Mizoram based outfit also remained captive in the same camp.
Earlier reports regarding a difference in the NLFT rank was confirmed when Nayanbashi faxed a statement to local newspaper offices.
He claimed that a large number of militants has defected with him. Claiming their faction as the real NLFT, he declared the expulsion of Bishwa Mohon Debbarma, president of the NLFT, from the organisation.
In the statement , he admitted that the NLFT was responsible for the killing of the former health minister Bimal Sinha and the four RSS workers, who were kidnapped on August 6, 1999.
This was second major split since the formation of the outfit in 1989. The first split took place in 1993 when a group, led by the present president Bishwa Mohon Debbarma, deposed the founder president of the outfit Dhananjoy Reang, who later surrender to the state Government.
While the first split was on grounds of some charges on immoral activities against Reang, this time it was on policy matters.
The Nayanbashi faction could not approve the pro-christian stand of the NLFT leadershipwhich was contrary to the commitment enshrined in the constitution of the then outfit to remain secular.
The Jamatias and other Hindu members of the outfit got totally disgrunled when the leadership made an attempt on the life of Bikram Bahadur Jamatia, Hoda Akara (head priest and community leader of the Jamatias), who was fighting to protect the religious identity of the community. Nayanbashi in his statement said the attempt was made despite objection from them.
There were differences over an attack on BNLF camp in September in which 12 BNLF and one NLFT worker were killed. He said they were in favour of a friendly relation with the BNLF and to support the demand of Hindu Reangs to set up a district council for them in Mizoram.
Earlier reports regarding a difference in the NLFT rank was confirmed when Nayanbashi faxed a statement to local newspaper offices.
He claimed that a large number of militants has defected with him. Claiming their faction as the real NLFT, he declared the expulsion of Bishwa Mohon Debbarma, president of the NLFT, from the organisation.
In the statement , he admitted that the NLFT was responsible for the killing of the former health minister Bimal Sinha and the four RSS workers, who were kidnapped on August 6, 1999.
This was second major split since the formation of the outfit in 1989. The first split took place in 1993 when a group, led by the present president Bishwa Mohon Debbarma, deposed the founder president of the outfit Dhananjoy Reang, who later surrender to the state Government.
While the first split was on grounds of some charges on immoral activities against Reang, this time it was on policy matters.
The Nayanbashi faction could not approve the pro-christian stand of the NLFT leadershipwhich was contrary to the commitment enshrined in the constitution of the then outfit to remain secular.
The Jamatias and other Hindu members of the outfit got totally disgrunled when the leadership made an attempt on the life of Bikram Bahadur Jamatia, Hoda Akara (head priest and community leader of the Jamatias), who was fighting to protect the religious identity of the community. Nayanbashi in his statement said the attempt was made despite objection from them.
There were differences over an attack on BNLF camp in September in which 12 BNLF and one NLFT worker were killed. He said they were in favour of a friendly relation with the BNLF and to support the demand of Hindu Reangs to set up a district council for them in Mizoram.
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