Dimapur, July 10 (MExN): The NSCN (IM), on Sunday, accused the Government of India (GoI) of desperately trying to push through a new edited version of 16-Point Agreement, at the cost of betraying the Framework Agreement (FA) signed with the group on August 3, 2015.
In a press release issued through its MIP, the NSCN (IM) maintained that the state of affairs on the ongoing Indo-Naga political talks “is a matter of regret as rogue elements are pushing around with the blessing of the GoI targeting the destruction of Framework Agreement.”
“Nowhere in the world had we witnessed such un-ethical political manoeuvre. Destructive forces are being sponsored by the very power engaged with National Socialist Council of Nagalim (NSCN) to bring Naga political solution since the talk began in 1997 after signing the historic Second Indo-Naga Ceasefire,” the release stated.
Elements of “perfidy, deceit, duplicity, double-dealings and treachery” has been planted by the Centre’s Intelligence agencies in the same manner as when the state of Nagaland was created under the 16-Point Agreement, it asserted.
Meanwhile, it further alleged that NNPGs Convener Kitovi was “escorted by Assam Rifles” during his recent travel to Arunachal Pradesh to meet the Nagas of Tirap, Longding and Changlang (TLC).
“Some Naga CSOs were put in such condition that they were made to declare support to Agreed Position but under duress,” the NSCN (IM) said, further alleging that the TLC districts organisation is headed by a close relative P Tikhat, the Ato Kilonser of NSCN(R).
This event, it added, was followed by another meeting in Guwahati called by AK Mishra.
Accordingly, the NSCN (IM) claimed that “confused bona fide Arunachal Pradesh Naga leaders wants to know the reality of the actual status of the Indo-Naga political talks and requested Hebron to update them the actual position,” and a meeting was called at Hebron on June 29.
However, it maintained that “some heavyweight political leaders, village chiefs’ council, GB Council, Naga Hoho (Arunachal unit), Arunachal Naga Students Union and some people could only turn up at their own risk.”
“These Naga CSOs who could come to Hebron told us in a very clear vision that they are for genuine Naga political solution and not otherwise,” it claimed, further alleging that “those who did not turn up had conveyed that the Arunachal administration, police and Assam Rifles warned and stopped them from proceeding to Hebron.”
“Such conduct engineered by GoI is more a nuisance than a catastrophe but it can be avoided if sincerity and democratic transparency are not stored in cold storage,” it added.
Stating that such a manner of “undermining the Naga political issue by resorting to a highly demeaning manner is the most annoying thing” that keeps coming up at the crucial stage of the Naga political process, the NSCN (IM) asserted that along with the Naga people, it would not accept "toxic divisive policy" to repeat the past blunder.
