Myanmar, March 20 (MExN): The NSCN (K) has prayed that Nagas come together “sooner than later” in order to “march hand-in-hand with one voice and under the same banner towards ultimate national deliverance under the providential banner Nagaland for Christ.”
On the 38th Naga Republic Day, the President of NSCN (K)’s GPRN, SS Khaplang, sent out his salute for every Naga national worker who “despite overwhelming odds continues to dedicate their lives in the service of the nation risking their lives every day in the line of duties.”
He also sent out greetings to member of the United Liberation Front of Wesea (UNLFW) and all the revolutionary fraternities of the Wesea region in his Republic Day message.
Reminiscing the history of the Naga struggle for “sovereign existence and rights,” the NSCN (K) President took note of how the Government of India had “refused to acknowledge” the same leading to “one of the most protracted and vicious political conflicts in the region.”
Khaplang acknowledged the contribution of countries like Pakistan and China in the 1960s for assisting the Nagas with “much needed moral and material help during the most critical stages of the struggle.” Further, he appreciated the “unreserved love and support” with which the Kachin people had helped the Naga people in the early stages of the Naga movement, particularly on the way to China and back.
The NSCN (K) chief reminded that the Naga “foreign policy is non-violent” and that the Nagas are “friendly and peace loving” with a desire to “co-exist peacefully with all her neighbouring countries.”
However, he accused the Government of India of “playing diabolical and divisive policies to wreck the Naga National Movement as a result many whimsical and fickle minded leaders and groups have succumbed to these conspiracies and their chapters disgracefully terminated and consigned to sad memories only.”
According to SS Khaplang, the NSCN (K) has “successfully weathered all the political turbulences and managed to salvage the Naga struggle from decimation.” It is, he said, the “lone legitimate political authority fighting for the inherent freedom, identity and rights of the Nagas” and vowed to “carry on the fight to the last man standing.”
