DIMAPUR, MARCH 10 (MExN): NNC/FGN Kedallo (vice president) Zhopra Vero has stated that solution to the Indo-Naga conflict should come from outside the Indian constitutional framework.
“If solution is sought within the framework of the Indian constitution, it nullifies all the values and principles; it would be like building houses on the tombs of those who sacrificed their lives for the Naga cause,” Vero emphasized in his speech at the recently held consultative meeting of NPGs convened by the NLF on March 9.
Asserting that any solution would not be deemed honourable if it is done by negating the dignity and rights of the Naga people, the NNC/FGN vice president said if there is going to be any solution to the political conflict then “first of all the Indian state has to change its perception of the Nagas and the Naga struggle.”
“There has to be honor and respect involved in the dialogue itself. It ought to be noted that we are not begging for any special favor from the Indian state,” he stated.
The NNC/FGN vice president also contended that honorable solution cannot be equated with what packages Nagas will get. “To be more precise, honorable solution cannot be treated like a bargaining chip – how much Nagas gain or how much the Indian state gains. It is not even about win-win situation,” he pointed out.
Even if the negotiation is acceptable to us due to the offer which is so good, will it be honourable if it is done within the Indian constitutional framework? he questioned.
Vero also posed a number of questions to the Parliamentary Working Committee (PWC), Nagaland Legislators Forum on Naga Political Issue on their position as “facilitator to the peace process,” as stated by NLF chairman, Chotisuh Sazo and the Nagaland Chief Minister TR Zeliang on February 26.
He also wanted to know “how far the Naga people can trust the NSCN (IM) with the Naga National cause if they cannot be transparent to the Naga people.”
