Create common approach for one solution and one agreement: PCNPI to Naga political groups
Dimapur, July 9 (MExN): The Parliamentary Core Committee on Naga Political Issue on Friday appealed the negotiating parties of the Indo-Naga political dialogue to resume the peace talks with a positive approach and mutual respect, setting aside the preconditions in the “greater interest of the people’s cry for long-term peace.”
The Naga negotiating groups have also been asked to hammer out their differences and come together to “create a common approach for one solution and one agreement.”
The appeals were made following the first meeting of newly formed Parliamentary Committee on Naga Political Issue, which comprises of 60 members of the Nagaland Legislative Assembly (NLA) and the 2 Members of Parliament from Nagaland, on July 9 at Rhododendron Hall, Dimapur.
“The Core Committee appeals to all Naga Political Groups to make serious efforts towards unity and reconciliation. The constant antagonism against each other, especially in public space and the media is sending out a wrong message to the masses considering the fact that we are all pursuing the same aspiration of peace and political solution,” Member Secretary of the Core Committee Neiba Kronu said in a press release issued after the meeting.
Kronu who is also the Minister for Planning & Coordination, Land Revenue, Parliamentary Affairs said that the groups should take the positive example set by the elected members of the NLA, to rise above party affiliations for the Naga Political Issue. The Naga Political Groups should make concerted efforts and listen to the voice of the people for unity and oneness, he added.
The Core Committee, while appreciating the role and contributions of the churches, civil societies and NGOs towards facilitating peace and strengthening the peace process, appealed to them to make renewed efforts toward creating a conducive atmosphere for early realisation of a political solution by pursuing unity, reconciliation and oneness.
In the press release, Kronu also stated that the members of the Core Committee and the Parliamentary Committee on Naga Political Issue were “prepared to pave the way as and when an inclusive, honorable and acceptable solution is arrived at.”
