FGN states any settlement contrary to Naga plebiscite is ‘treason’

Dimapur, Oct. 26 (EMN): Against the backdrop of the various negotiations between the Government of India and the Naga political groups the Federal Government of Nagaland has on Thursday stated that any ‘sham’ settlement with India, would be guilty of treason to the Nation and it also iterated that the NNC/FGN will stand by verdict of the plebiscite of mandate of the May 16, 1951 for a ‘ sovereign Independent Naga Nation’.
A statement to this effect was issued by “Gen(Retd) Viyalie Metha the Kedaghe of the Fedderal Government of Nagaland on Oct. 26.
The statement read that, “The Indo-Naga conflict did not begin with any aggressive action by Nagaland against her neighbour India. On the contrary, as stated by B.N. Mulik, the conflict started when: ‘Troops moved into Tuensang [Nagaland] by October 1955, and the war with the Nagas started from then’; As for Nagaland’s Independence and sovereignty, the Naga people declared Naga Independence on August 14, 1947 one day ahead of India’s own independence declaration on 15th August, 1947; the NNC and FGN shall firmly stand on the verdict and mandate of the May 16, 1951 Naga Plebiscite which was to be a sovereign Independent Naga Nation; accordingly, the Republic of Nagaland known as the Federal Government of Nagaland (FGN) was set up on March 22, 1956; and unlike other states in the Indian Union, the NNC, FGN and the Naga Army have been defending Nagaland’s sovereignty from 1947 to the present.”
It therefore iterated that any Naga citizen from any organization, ignoring “these irrefutable facts” and make any “sham settlement with India, would be guilty of treason to the Nation”.
It added that the NNC and FGN are still honouring the ceasefire of 1964 between the Federal Government of Nagaland and the Government of India “in order to have a peaceful solution to the Indo-Naga conflict”.
It also stated that the FGN was “obligated to state the following historical facts about the Indo-Naga conflict” as the “so-called National Socialist Council of Nagalim (NSCN-IM) and the Government of India has now added a new twist by inclusion of six other NNPGs”.