Dimapur, July 19 (MExN): The NSCN (IM) today reiterated that the Naga peoples demand for integration of all the contiguous Naga territory is “indispensable” in seeking a “final settlement” with the Government of India.
The MIP of the NSCN (IM) stated this by way of “clarifying” on the “nasty political gimmick” and “frequent assumption” that NSCN (IM) General Secretary, Th. Muivah, had “given up on the issue of Naga integration and sovereignty,” quoting something he said at the Agri-Expo, Dimapur, reconciliation meet organized by the FNR on February 29, 2012.
The NSCN (IM) maintained that it is “easy” to “propound” Nagaland State as the central objective “without any compunction” for those “whose political philosophy has no program and policies for collective existence of all Nagas under a single umbrella.”
However, the NSCN (IM) stated, “the Naga peoples demand for integration of all the contiguous Naga territory is indispensable in seeking the final settlement with the Government of India. The deliberate attempt to divide the opinion of the Nagas is a direct affront to the political aspiration and spirit of reconciliation within the Naga family.”
Reasoning that such “irresponsible perspective(s)” with “destructive political ambition” is the “main reason” why true reconciliation could not take place among the Naga political groups, the NSCN (IM) asserted that without “political clarity” and “genuine concern for the common future and welfare of all the Nagas, mere attendance at the Naga reconciliation meeting under FNR and signing any reconciliation document has no meaning.”
“The failure to produce any positive dividend out of the much costly reconciliation meeting in the past is due to the lack of understanding the seriousness in accepting the principle of reconciliation which is the historical and political rights of the Nagas,” stressed NSCN (IM).
Further, it clarified that for the two negotiating parties to the peace process, sovereignty is collectively understood to mean the “sharing of sovereign power between two entities.”
“It is the acceptance of the principle notion that the real sovereignty lies with the people which in the context of the present global scenario, the interdependency between and amongst the sovereign nations is but indispensable. There is no time to live in the past theory but to accept the reality of the changing world and the future ahead,” the Council reiterated.
It further posited that the “concocted propaganda” of referring to the Agri Expo meeting and other reconciliation meet alleging that General Secretary, Th. Muivah, has “given up the fight for integration and sovereignty is nothing but a desperate attempt to confuse the Naga people with the evil intention of jeopardising the reconciliation process and create an environment of suspicion to the ongoing peace talk with the Government of India.”
For any corroboration of facts, the NSCN (IM) MIP has welcomed people to seek its documentation and recording of such events.
