DIMAPUR, MAY 18 (MExN): The Eastern Naga Students Association (ENSA), today criticised all factions for what they termed as a “lopsided Naga political concentration”. The ENSA expressed resentment that ‘despite thousands of Naga political issues being born in Eastern Nagaland, they were now deserted as everyone was busy with the Indians.’ The association questioned the leaders that if sovereignty was to be achieved through talks and ceasefire with neighbours, then why not also with the Myanmar.
The release issued by the General Secretary Y. Khomong Khiamniungam, on behalf of the “neglected people” stated that the Naga people desired to live in peace by keeping Eastern Nagaland a battle field, using the people as a human shield. They condemned the fact that Eastern Nagas were still referred to as foreigners or Burmese which was an insult to the sacrifices and blood they had shed to redeem Naga sovereignty. The ENSA hit out that mere talk of extended Nagaland and structuring of the geographical map was not enough and they, now wanted to see the verbal concern in action and called for sincerity and transparency on the Naga issue
The ENSA strongly cautioned the leaders - without particularizing any faction - not to “forget their home where they had survived when the days were not like that of today”. They stated that they were there when the NNC was formed and still existed today andtherefore felt no guilt to remind the leaders to look at all angles of the situation. While asserting that they still stood for the principles of the early Naga leaders, they said that the Naga leaders in Nagaland would be answerable for the blood of the innocents if they fail the promise of sovereignty and freedom.
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