DIMAPUR, SEPT 20 (MExN): The Naga National Council has blamed NSCN (I-M) heads Isak Chishi Swu and Thuingaleng Muivah of starting the bloodshed among the Nagas. “In April 1978, at Tsonkhao CHQ Camp, the Naga senior leaders (who were killed by Muivah and Isak) late T Venuh Chakhesang, late Ngathingkhui Ahum Tangkhul and late Mayanger Ao (new comer) rejected the new formation of centralized government of Muivah and Isak” on the grounds of five points, Thomas, NNC member, said in a release.
The five points include: a new formation of centralized government of 1976 was a gross violation of Nagaland Yehzabo (Constitution); Muivah and Isak had no power to summon the Tatar Hoho (National Assembly) because they were holding the posts of NNC General Secretary and Chaplee Kilonser (Finance Minister) of the FGN; since the beginning, the NNC and FGN consist of two entity heads and therefore these two offices cannot be placed under a single head; the office of the President, FGN should not be in a foreign land and that socialism should not be adopted as it would cause another division among the Nagas.
Relating incidents leading to the house arrest of Muivah and Isak, Thomas alleged, “However, after they were set free, they started to kill their opponents who opposed Muivah’s socialist political ideology in the last part of 1979. From then on they are continuously killing the Nagas, which is now running 26 years.” The main factor behind the division and killing among the Nagas is their opposition to “Muivah’s socialism and his stand for a solution within the Indian Union (Suisa’s proposal),” the release said.
It added that the Naga Army never dug the graves of Muivah and Isak “because they have no intention to kill them. Therefore, Muivah and Isak are still alive.” “But Brig Ngamlao Konyak, Lt Col Ymstethong and those who were killed by Muivah and Isak in the last part of 1979 are no more with us.”
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