Morung Express News
Mokokchung | July 23
Reiterating its commitment to ensure and guard the preservation of the ‘blood, tradition, culture and customs of the Ao Nagas and their land’ the Ao Students’ Conference (AKM) declared that it was time to take the ‘Survival 2007’ campaign to ‘all corners of the Ao land – where illegal migrants have taken undue advantage of the hospitality of Ao Nagas and has started to abuse their freedom.’
In a press communiqué by its President Aodangnok and Vice-President L. Imti Jamir, the AKM stated that it is aware of ‘the fact that the identity of a people can be preserved only when there is no adulteration of their blood, tradition, culture and customs.’ ‘There is only one right that is sacrosanct and this right is at the same time the most sacred duty. This right and obligation are: that the identity of the Naga racial stock should be guarded,’ the statement said.
The AKM further claimed to be fully aware of the illegal migrant issue and called upon all village councils and NGOs under all the six ranges of Mokokchung District to extend their moral and active support to the respective range and village students’ bodies who had earlier been directed by the AKM to carry out ‘Survival 2007’ exercise within their respective jurisdictions.
The AKM said it expected the various village councils to enact certain sanctions of law and to issue diktats on all illegal migrants in order to ‘ensure that our right to exist as a dignified people is secure.’ It further recognized that ‘the villages are the institutions for preservation of our culture, tradition and customs, and the pollution of the village institution is the first step towards our annihilation.’
Taking serious note of the knowledge that ‘shrewd illegal migrants are hiring local goons to physically assault the genuine Indian citizens residing in Mokokchung in their sinister bid to flare up communal tension,’ the AKM requested the public ‘not to conjure any rumors apart from the official information released by the office of the AKM.’ While urging upon ‘every son and daughter of the spoil’ to support ‘Survival 2007’ for a better tomorrow, the student body expressed its gratitude to all individuals and organizations who came forward with suggestions and contribution in support for ‘Survival 2007.’
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