EMN
DIMAPUR, OCTOBER 17
PRESIDENT of Nagaland Tribes Council (NTC) Thepfulhouvi Solo has refuted news reports of what he claims to have said but had not been reported.
In a press communiqué on Thursday, Solo said “many words from various quarters seem to confuse the less informed common man and woman in the Street about the Position of the NTC, Nagaland Tribes Council.” “Hence to preempt such journalistic plethora, it has become necessary to bring out in simple precise language, a few of the principal Guidelines the President of the NTC shall be working with so that the common man in the Street is clearly aware of the positions the Council stands,” he claimed.
The formation of such a non-political body like NTC without fear or favour in Nagaland hopefully would provide consciousness to the younger generation of the Freedom of Peaceful Association and of Expression, he said and added that the formation of the Council may give impetus to strengthen the kindred communities in Arunachal Pradesh, Assam and Myanmar.
Accordingly, the NTC president said he would be guided by some guidelines. These include anybody who is not against the NTC is a partner of the NTC. The NTC would also work for special close ties with ENPO and for friendship with all the neighbouring States of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur and our Naga brothers and sisters in Myanmar. The Council shall remember the Naga people’s aspirations but the NTC is not a political body. The NTC jurisdiction extends to the State of Nagaland and the ancestral lands it claims, the communiqué said.
Solo also said NTC supports necessary peace initiatives by anybody, between anybody; but if any peace body strays beyond the boundary of peace into the boundary of nationalistic or racial Jurisdiction, the Council shall have Caution.
He further said NTC is committed to the constitutional rights of the people of Nagaland, peculiarly and especially the rights of the land owners of the State.
NTC is opposed to any forms of hegemony by anybody, company, corporate body, or individual, be it in commerce, industry, trades, or in any other activities in the Society:
He further assured that NTC would not normally meddle in the internal affairs of the constituent tribe or its (the tribe) district, the press communiqué added.
