Dimapur, June 5 (MExN): The GPRN/NSCN has stated that the Covenant of Reconciliation signed by Chairman SS Khaplang, Isak Chishi Swu, Brig. Singya, in a nutshell, assured the Naga people that “violence in any form among the signatories should be avoided so that in due course of time all political groups shall reconcile with each other in letter and spirit, giving themselves a chance to create a common platform to push for a final political settlement between the Nagas and the Government of India”. The Forum for Naga Reconciliation (FNR) initiated and witnessed this historic covenant, stated a press note issued by the MIP.
The press note from the GPRN/NSCN termed it as “most unfortunate” that the Covenant of Naga Reconciliation which had, so far, been “earnestly nurtured with great commitment by the FNR with fullest co-operation from all sections of Nagas, should be tested with such deplorable politics”. “The signatures of SS Khaplang, Isak Chishi Swu and Brig. Singya symbolises reconciliation and peace among the Nagas”, the MIP note stated while adding that the “Covenant of Reconciliation also, inwardly, gave hope that Nagas and their neighbors would resolve all outstanding issues with maturity and wisdom”.
“The covenant did not anoint Th. Muivah or anyone to represent the Nagas and create social unrest in Manipur and Nagaland. The seeds of misunderstanding sowed by adversaries between Nagas and their neighbors can neither be solved by one man’s wishful thinking nor by the whims and fancies of Manipur Nagas or Manipur Government”, the MIP note stated. It also claimed that the “multiple Naga organizations in Manipur state with active support from few financially enslaved civil society leaders in Nagaland state continue to provoke, taunt and threaten neighbors without the knowledge of even their own colleagues”. “This is the symptom of a dying organization; a victim of self glorification”.
The GPRN/NSCN also stated that it was “wrong on the part of Nagas of Manipur state to solely believe in the wisdom of Th. Muivah and some Civil Society leaders from Nagaland, on the question of integration of Naga areas into Nagaland albeit with a little help from the Government of India” and that “no amount of pressurizing Manipur Government, economic blockades or memorandums to GOI shall suffice”.
On the Autonomous District Council (ADC) elections in the Naga areas in Manipur, the MIP note stated that on “closer observation most of the unopposed winners are nephews and nieces of IM leaders” and that it was “not a mistake that in 2009, Tangkhul Naga Long pleaded with the GOI to make Ukhrul the summer capital of Manipur”. “Let those spearheading the social unrest in Manipur state realize that Nagas of Nagaland state are not fools”, the press note stated while pointing out that “beneath the façade of Hohos and Hahas lies the general public who knows who is confusing them”. “Those enjoying the benefits of two states i.e Manipur and Nagaland under the guise of National workers should not talk about the subject which is simply not theirs”.
The GPRN/NSCN also pointed out that everyone of the seventeen tribes inhabiting Nagaland state will have to be taken into confidence and that a “brother, who wants to come home, having lived with another family for hundreds of years, will possess different attitude and mannerisms”. “If there is discord and disunity within Nagas of Nagaland today, Nagas must point their fingers to a band of suffering brothers who entered Nagaland during the early 1980’s having chased out by their brethren from eastern Nagaland”, the GPRN/NSCN stated.
It was also stated that today “tribes from Nagaland state questions as to why integration should precede political solution when it is within the parameter of political solution” and that “justification of every misadventure, past and present, helps little to raise the confidence level”. The GPRN/NSCN then stated that “reconciliation, peace and unity of Nagas shall have all the answers which more than 65 rounds of talks between GOI and IM could not find”.
Pointing out that the Nagas of Nagaland, today, have become “paralyzed because many frontal leaders have licked too much salt at the hands of others” and that “rational views and positive criticism never finds space in their book”. The GPRN/NSCN made it clear that that Naga political struggle against occupational forces has little to do with one man going to his village in another Indian state. “The Somdal bound group was sheltered by hospitable Angamis for a month and they are now performing another round of circus at Pfutsero in Chakhesang region”.
Lest the Nagas forget, the GPRN/NSCN stated that after the infamous Shillong Accord of 1975, having condemned A Z Phizo as traitor who destroyed the Nation, “Th. Muivah on many occasions, declared that Angamis, Chakhesangs and Lunkhum Villagers in Ao Region would not be enrolled in the National service for three generations” and that there are “many NNC era living witnesses who recalls the unfortunate days”. “Suddenly Nagas are hearing Th. Muivah singing paeans to A Z Phizo and other NNC leaders. The destructive pamphlets authored by him accusing A.Z Phizo and NNC will, however, have the original contents”, the MIP note stated.
The GPRN/NSCN further stated that for more than a month, “Nagas of Manipur have suffered much for wrong politics” and the “mobilizing Nagas at Mao gate on 5th May and the aftermath is a picture of horrendous political miscalculation”. Pointing out that Nagas of Manipur have gained little from the economic blockade, the GPRN/NSCN stated that it had “only hardened the stand of neighbors” and that the “massacre of two boys by Indian paramilitary forces has not rewarded anyone”.
Stating that this “approach is flawed from the very conception”, the MIP note also claimed that “some miscreants are reportedly being paid to create trouble in Dimapur by targeting Manipur bound vehicles”. “When neighbors are setting their houses on fire deliberately, it is foolish for anyone to follow suit. Should emotional distance between Nagas of Nagaland and Nagas of Manipur widen through recent brouhaha, Mr. Th. Muivah along with few Naga civil society leaders under his payroll, allowed it to deteriorate”.
