Dimapur, Oct. 16 (EMN): The Working Committee (WC), Naga National Political Groups (NNPGs) in a statement on Wednesday asserted that in spite of some Nagas who continue to believe in the pre-conceived notion that they are agents of the Government of India, it consist of “remarkable Naga leaders” with “great patriotic dreams and visions inherited from the forefathers”; who understand that Nagas cannot remain enslaved to the past.
The WC, while reminding the essence of the Naga plebiscite of May 16 1951, emphasised the need for unity among the Naga people stating that “a divided people cannot build a nation.” He also called on all the tribes of Nagaland and its inhabitants to “wake up from slumber” because they have “grown weak, timid and weary from shouldering Naga national cause since the conflict began,” it said.
WC added that the Nagas need to integrate and demarcate their land to “accommodate Naga brothers from other states,” and not fall prey to propagandas. “WC, NNPGs have entrenched Naga identity and political rights in Naga areas in Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh where Nagas will be masters in their own lands till we achieve integration,” the statement read.
Furthermore, it said that the appeal of Naga tribes, GBs and civil society for an early solution should not go unheard because it is “unwise to play emotional, sentimental and patriotic card at all times, without tending to wailing and dying generations of Nagaland,” it said.
Students appeal for early settlement
The All Nagaland College Students’ Union (ANCSU) has expressed their aspiration for early settlement of Naga political issue to the government of India’s interlocutor for Naga peace talks and governor of Nagaland RN Ravi.
Through a memorandum addressed to Ravi, the ANCSU has stated that long-pending “Naga Political issue has put doubts and fears in the minds of the Nagas” but his appointment as the governor of the state has “once again revived the hopes of the Nagas for an early settlement.”
“Whereas, over the years the Government of India has deliberately not prioritise the Naga Political issue, it is an earnest appeal to the Government of India to recognise and acknowledge the unique political rights of the Nagas. The ANCSU wish to appeal through your honoured office, that an early settlement to the long pending Naga Political issue should be resolved, not obliviating (obviating) the sovereign rights of the Nagas,” read the memorandum.
“We aspire that the settlement should be honourable and acceptable to the Nagas. It is of firm belief that, a great nation like India would not deviate from its commitment to solve the Naga issue,” it added.
