Government of India, NSCN (IM) working for mutually beneficial agenda, says WC-NNPG

Dimapur, May 30 (EMN): The Working Committee, Naga National Political Groups (WC-NNPG) has claimed that the government of India (GoI) and the NSCN (IM) were working for mutually beneficial agenda during their 25 years of ceasefire and dialogue.

“Beginning from 1997, the GoI has utilised the time and energy to assimilate Naga people, their identity, history, culture and their ancestral land, primarily Nagaland state, into a ‘pressure cooker’ social and economic pandemonium. Both knew Indianisation of Nagaland state will lead to Indianisation of entire Naga homeland,” read the update, adding that it will serve the leaders of NSCN (IM) and GoI well.

It claimed that with the help of GoI, “the tenants” are dreaming to be landlords in Nagaland by hackling and harassing “the owners with symbolic tools like Integration, flag, constitution, Pan Naga Hoho etc.”

“Since 1997, Nagaland has lost two generations and counting. What do GoI or IM leaders care? None. It suits their plan perfectly,” it added.

The group has also accused the GoI of facilitating the NSCN (IM) leaders to extort in the state and utilise the money to buy and develop farmlands in Dimapur, Chumoukedima and Peren districts. “With such grandiose luxury accumulated over three decades, it is very easy to hide behind powerful slogans like greater Nagalim, flag, constitution etc., to soak in the wealth of Nagaland for few more decades. This is again mutually beneficial drama,” it added.

The WC-NNPG went on to say that it signed Agreed Position in 2017, as demanded by the Naga tribes, the Church, village headmen and apex Naga civil societies, redefining the scope and parameters of Indo-Naga political negotiations.

“That afternoon, the Naga delegation experienced a solemn moment with thankful hearts, sat at a round table when a historic document was signed. GoI acknowledged, ‘…GoI recognises the political and historical rights of the Nagas to self determine their future in consonance with their distinct identity…’ God never fails.

“This has an unlimited political horizon to begin the negotiations. To an unwavering Naga patriot, the paragraph dutifully honoured the Naga aspiration and echoed the immortal words of Mahatma Gandhi at Bhangi Colony spoken to NNC leaders in the month of July, 1947. Within this document lay the very fabric of Naga Flag and all others, symbolic or otherwise. “Despite the vigorous process of assimilation going on, WC, NNPGs have great belief that there is an opportunity for an early acceptable and honourable political solution that would pave the way for Nagas to salvage our ancient democracy, history and culture. Nagas must insist, reassert and defend our land as per Agreed Position and then partner GoI for an enduring peaceful co-existence,” it added.