Kohima, July 2 (MExN): The Naga Hoho, while appreciating certain issues raised by the Governor of Nagaland R N Ravi’s June 16 letter to the Chief Minister of Nagaland, Neiphiu Rio, said that certain ambiguity in the letter needs clarity.
“We strongly feel that there is certain ambiguity in the letter which needs clarity in order to set the record straight for the Interlocutor and the concerned stakeholders,” Naga Hoho said in a statement.
As far as question of law and order in the state was concerned, it was “understandable and crystal clear that so long the Indo-Naga Political issue remains unresolved, all forms of unrest starting from taxation to killings are bound to live with us...,” it maintained. However, no one should “take it otherwise as if we are encouraging the unwanted situation being created by the Naga National workers under the banner of various groups,” it categorically stated.
The law and order “situation have drastically improved and peaceful during the last two decades,” the Naga Hoho further said, adding the Governor-cum-Interlocutor must be well aware of the “chilling situation till later part of 1990’s.”
Noting that the Governor is the same person who signed the Framework Agreement with NSCN/GPRN in front of Prime Minister of India and another Preamble Agreement with 7 NNPGs, it stated: “We are fully convinced that the Governor & Interlocutor have done this with comprehensive analysis that Naga problem is not at all a mere law and order problem and this has been well recognized by various Prime Minister of India.”
In this context, the Naga Hoho stated that the Government of India (GoI) and the Interlocutor must bring the 23 years of political dialogue to a logical conclusion as committed in different platforms and occasions by the Government of the day in New Delhi.
Nagas struggle for self determination in a nutsheel, cannot be considered as “law and order problem and the Government of India must address the aspirations of the Nagas at the earliest,” it added.
Meanwhile, the Naga Hoho lauded the Governor’s ‘contention’ to curb corruption as the constitutional head of the state, saying successive Governors had failed to remove it. “The state must move on free from Corruption towards achieving a welfare state and egalitarian society,” it added.
