DIMAPUR, FEBRUARY 6 (MExN): The Core Committee of Nagaland Tribal Hohos and Civil Organizations (CCNTHCO) today dissolved as an organization, stating that it had no choice considering that candidates have started filing their nominations for the upcoming Nagaland assembly polls and thereby violated the January 29 declaration which representatives of political parties had signed.
A press note from the CCNTHCO however stated that the January 29 declaration “still stands and political parties or candidates violating this declaration shall still be accused by history of putting self before the Naga Cause.”
It appreciated the Nagaland Joint Christian Forum for having initiated the “coming together of all apex tribe hohos and mass based NGOs’ to find solution for a common cause.”
“The first violation of the solemn undertaking took place when the BJP withdrew from the declaration by suspending its State Executive Member Kheto Sema. Not content, the party was the first to declare that it will contest the election. After this, the floodgates were opened and all the political parties started issuing party tickets. The proverbial final nail in the Solution before Election coffin was hammered in when candidates from various parties started filing nominations whilst the CCNTHCO meeting was still on with political parties at Hotel Japfu on the February 6,” it said.
It thanked the “people for having supported our common cause,” and stated that “while the committee stands dissolved, nevertheless, as mandated by the tribal hohos and mass based organisations, its mission was carried forward to the fullest, thus leaving behind a positive spirit.”
“India now understands that the Naga aspiration is still burning strong for which we are indeed thankful to the people,” it claimed.
The CCNTHCO concluded by stating that “it is for the Naga people to judge as to who threw the spanner in the way of Naga Solution.”
