DIMAPUR, MAY 27 (MExN): The Naga National Council (NNC) today condemned the RSS for “supporting and defending the draconian law of the Armed Forces Special Power Act (AFSPA) of 1958 to continue in the North East Region especially Nagaland, Manipur and Jammu & Kashmir” as reported in the media.
A press note from the Information and Publicity Wing of the NNC said that “the Naga people are not terrorists nor insurgents but freedom fighters who defend their political rights of 1935 Act of 'Naga Hills Excluded Areas' passed in the British Parliament (House of Lords), Naga Independence declaration of 14th August 1947 acknowledged by the United Nations and the Naga National Plebiscite of 16th May 1951 of 99.9% voted for Naga Independence.”
It claimed that “the very policy of RSS will be counter-productive as they are inviting other religions to rise up against them as well as neighboring countries to come forward to defend and protect the North East Region and J&K.”
The NNC made an appeal to all concerned countries, human right organisations, and religious bodies of the world to “condemn this fanatical and fundamentalist organisation called RSS for openly supporting and defending Army rule in the North East Region and J&K.”
