Dimapur, Oct. 13 (EMN): After slating the government of India for its attempt to nullify the ‘framework agreement’ as well as hijack the outcome of the Indo-Naga talks, the NSCN (IM) has now turned its attention to the working committee of NNPGs and termed the latter as New Delhi’s “yes men”.
The group issued a press release on Sunday stating that the members of the committee have been speaking in contrasting tones of late.
“Recently, when Al Jazeera international news channel interviewed Alezo Venuh and questioned him on Naga constitution, he came up with the most abominable answer, ‘Unless a country or nation is declared as a nation, how can you have a constitution?’
“On the other side, Kitovi rubbished the existence of Naga constitution, and said that it can be drafted after signing the agreement for Naga solution. But, to the media (one of the local newspapers), this same WC, NNPGs leaders are saying that flag and constitution are an integral part of the negotiations,” it stated.
According to the NSCN (IM), when ‘this group present themselves as a confused bunch of people, disconnecting themselves from Naga political history as a nation’, they are easily manipulated when sitting across the negotiation table and become ‘yes man’ for all practical purpose.
“This is the tragic fate of WC, NNPGs today negotiating with government of India in the name of Naga political solution. Any layman on the street would be able to know if WC, NNPGs has done anything of hard negotiation with government of India representative and interlocutor RN Ravi, other than being made to listen attentively on the so-called ‘Economic Package’ in the waiting in the name of Naga political solution.
“Visibly, they have argued that it should be for the Nagas of Nagaland only. This is the picture today in the hands of WC, NNPGs negotiating in the name of Naga political solution. A milestone for them as they are in damning hurry to sign the agreement anytime soon,” read the statement.
This, it stated, is the price the working committee wants to pay for ‘the hundreds of thousands of Nagas who died in the name of Naga freedom’.
However, the NSCN (IM) maintained that it will never walk down the ‘path of capitulated peace’.
On Saturday, the working committee of NNPGs told a local newspaper that it has ‘not compromised with the aspiration of the Naga people on separate Naga national flag and constitution.’
The committee had maintained that the flag and the constitution were ‘integral part of the ongoing negotiation’.
