My attention has been drawn towards press statements by many Nagas in support of TR Zeliang to continue as the Chief Minister of Nagaland. Nagas as Christians are very forgiving and compassionate. But if we look back few months back, the insult and suffering Nagas faced consequent to the Assam-Nagaland boundary raw resulting in economic blockade for one thousand hours (1000 hrs) on Nagaland is still fresh in my mind. During the peak of Ralan crisis, wherein tenants who enjoyed our hospitality for decades started claiming our ancestral lands and even resorted to killing Nagas to forcibly occupy our land, the honourable Chief Minister of Nagaland, in his public speech declared that Nagas have weak evidence against our rivals, which was widely publicized in the local medias. I am not in support of anybody, but I request all the writers who are going to the press in support of TR Zeliang to come and experience the hardship we are undergoing in the border areas. When we were undergoing immense hardship during the border conflict with illegal immigrants from bordering state, our Chief Minister’s unfortunate statement was unexpected from the government we voted to power.
Every sensible Nagas should not be blinded by love for money and power, but we should wisely choose our leader who can lead us through thick and thin, God bless Nagaland.
Wopenthung Kikon
Ralan.
