Kohima, June 5 (MExN): The Ex-Parliamentarian Association of Nagaland (Ex-PAN) has called for “immediate solution to the protracted Naga political issue” while asserting that it must be “solely determined by the outcomes of dialogues between the Government of India (GoI) and the Naga negotiators.”
In this connection, it stated that the negotiations between GoI and Naga negotiators “concluded” on October 31, 2019 and urged the former to give an “altar call” at the earliest so that the Naga political solution “becomes a reality.”
A press release issued by the Ex-PAN President and General Secretary informed that it was the outcome of its executive meeting in Dimapur on June 4.
In the meeting, the Association also unanimously resolved that the negotiations between the GoI, the NSCN (IM), and the WC, NNPGs are in its 25th year which is “more than enough for the Nagas to have its logical end." It further resolved that the facilitators including the Core Committee of Naga Political Issue (CCoNPI) “have to be cautious enough either for over indulgence or under indulgence in respective facilitations” and flayed “unwarranted and irresponsible comments tending to mislead the general public in the media.”
The Ex-PAN also stated that if GoI is using the service of the Chief Minister of Assam in the business of mediation, “we may have to unavoidably accept him.” However, if it was at the behest of the CCoNPI, it is “uncalled for,” it said. “The Naga political issue is not an issue of law and order nor can the CCoNPI can undermine it,” it added.
Stating that the Naga negotiators entered into the political negotiations on their own volition with the objective of resolving the existing issues, it urged the Naga negotiators in particular to be “practical and realistic rather than rhetoric in persuasions.”
To this end, it asserted that the indefinite negotiations are of “too exploitative and detrimental to the welfare of the general public and therefore unacceptable” and called for “immediate solution.”
