DIMAPUR— The Working Committee of Naga National Political Groups (WC-NNPG) has maintained that the committee formed by the state government recently, to “look into the feasibility of oil exploration” in the state, is against the spirit of Indo-Naga political negotiations and agreed terms and Article 371 (A).
“Indian Constitution guarantees Nagas the right to explore and extract natural resources in Nagaland. However to this end, the Petroleum Ministry of India has become a stumbling block and continue to infringe on the constitutional rights of the Nagas,” the WC-NNPG stated in a press release.
The group stated that the GoI interlocutor and WC-NNPG, in March 2018, agreed that post Indo-Naga political agreement, the Nagaland Tatar Hoho shall be the apex body to legislate all matters including transfer and ownership of land and its resources,
On the Naga political talks, WC-NNPG claimed that there is a clear roadmap for Indo-Naga political solution based on ‘Agreed Position’ signed between GoI and WC-NNPG on November 17.
“The GoI must understand that all Nagas in different states and people of Nagaland in particular, yearn for peace through honorable solution,” the WC-NNPG stated in a press statement.
On illegal transportation of ammunition involving an officer of the Nagaland Police as well as an NSCN (IM) functionary, the WC-NNPG stated that arms and ammunition meant to defend Nagaland have “fallen into the hands of religious fundamentalists in Manipur.”
“There is a raging inferno in the neighbourhood. Innocent men, mothers and daughters are being dragged out of their homes, paraded naked, tortured and killed. Places of worship in hundreds are in smouldering ruins. This is the time for the Nagaland Government to be proactive,” it stated.
“The state CM must assert his leadership and statesmanship before the world. The Church and civil societies are doing their best. All neighbourhood state leaders have expressed their anguish and appealed to stop the carnage,” WC-NNPG stated.
