Leaders of GPRN/NSCN during the 45th Raising Day celebration at Camp Khehoi.
DIMAPUR, JANUARY 31 (MExN): Stating that negotiations have officially concluded on October 31, 2019, the GPRN/NSCN has demanded the Indian political leadership to walk the talk on the Naga political issue.
“Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi is a committed leader but he is yet to prove himself to the Naga people on the unresolved Indo-Naga political issue,” GPRN/NSCN chairman Neokpao Konyak stated in his address on the occasion of the 45th Raising Day.
Stating that Indian electoral politics and Naga History are two different matters, Konyak cautioned that “political conflict in India's eastern flank should not be reignited” adding, “To say it will be detrimental to GoI's look east policy will be an understatement.”
Konyak also reminded that the Working Committee (WC), Naga National Political Groups (NNPGs), to which GPRN/NSCN is a partner, signed the "Agreed Position" with Government of India (GoI) on November 17, 2017 on the political stance that "The Government of India recognizes the historical and political rights of the Nagas to self determine their future in consonant with their distinct history and identity..."
He underscored that this clear political statement and understanding set the tone for a political negotiation between the Working Committee of NNPGs and GoI interlocutor and that “no authority, be it preposterous Naga elements or GoI, can dismiss this historical document even in a thousand years.”
While urging all to recommit to the sacred cause, the GPRN/NSCN chairman hoped that the “GoI leadership will not procrastinate any further.” Meanwhile, the GPRN/NSCN has acknowledged all the Naga tribes, churches and apex civil bodies for the unceasing support.
