NSCN (R) says solution to Naga issue should be inclusive
DIMAPUR, FEBRUARY 23 (MExN): The NSCN (R) today stated that any solution to the Indo-Naga political issue “must not leave the Nagas of Tirap-Changlang-Longding (TCL) districts” of Arunachal Pradesh behind.
A press note from the MIP of the NSCN (R) while affirming that the Nagas are “one people, one nation,” lamented that Nagas in these three districts presently in Arunachal Pradesh have suffered immensely because of the conflict. “Many families has been affected, many lives had been lost. Many have become widow and many lost their children, some their brother and some their sisters as well. The conflict has not only dwarfed the economy of the people but it has left a long trail of affects on the lives of every household,” it stated.
The NSCN (R) therefore said that no attempt to either neglect or overlook the Nagas in these areas should be made. Any solution, it urged should be inclusive “to make it not only lasting but also more comprehensive and the same golden rule must be applied in all the Naga areas including the areas presently under Arunachal Pradesh.”
It lamented that the peace talks have dragged on for more than two decades “due to Delhi’s dilly-dally tactics coupled with non-unanimity among the Naga groups.”
This, it stated is “too long a time for the people to be kept waiting and also natural for anybody’s patience to wither out.” The parties involved in the peace process are also certainly and obviously talking for the good of the Nagas yet, to make it more meaningful and sustainable, the Government of India must also rope in other stakeholder’s, the NSCN (R) said.
“This will leave a very little or no room for the others to beat the drums later,” it viewed.
Stating that the Naga peace talk is a “very hard earned process,” the NSCN (R) said that Nagas must “guard it jealously and the opportunity must not be missed to look into the sufferings of the Nagas outside Nagaland.”
“Whosoever leads the Naga talks does not matter, what matters the most is none should be left behind,” it stated. The NSCN (R) urged that any solution “should not be left revolving around one or two Naga areas,” but rather “include all the Naga dominated areas, including those in TCL.” It also called upon the Government of India to “open its door to listen to the grievances of Nagas outside Nagaland as well, to share their experience, problem, partiality and neglect they face in the hands of non-Naga government.”
