Working Committee of NNPG condemns grenade lobbing incident in Dimapur

Dimapur, Oct. 16 (EMN): The working committee of NNPG has expressed shock at the “despicable incident” wherein a grenade was reportedly lobbed at the Assam Rifles transit camp in Dimapur on October 10.

The committee issued a press release on Friday stating that ‘violence is a direct challenge to our people which deserve mass condemnation’.

“The Naga people are keenly awaiting the honourable and acceptable political solution to the long drawn Indo-Naga political issue. WC, NNPG, with active support and co-operation from the Naga tribes and civil societies, have exhibited utmost commitment and transparency in relaying the status of the political dialogue, the negotiated points and the political structures post solution in Nagaland as well as in our ancestral lands presently under Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh and Assam states. 

“Peace, like war, must be waged. It is the duty of all tribes and civil societies to retake our towns, villages, colonies from anti-peace elements and criminals. Creating fear psychosis in the garb of national workers should not be tolerated anymore. None should attempt to keep the Naga society at ransom. Those who do not understand the value of peace should not claim Naga future,” it stated.

The committee added that ‘honourable, acceptable and peaceful political solution will not fly in from USA, UK, Netherlands, Japan or Thailand’.

“While acknowledging Naga well-wishers across the globe, the reality is that, the issue is between GOI and the Naga people. With this clarity of thought WC, NNPG has negotiated with the GOI and confided with the Naga tribes on all negotiated points without ambiguity. WC, NNPG reiterates that beginning from ‘agreed position’ signed on November 17, 2017, and all along the negotiations, the political and historical identity of the Nagas have been entrenched. We reiterate this truth before God and the Naga people,” it read.