DIMAPUR, OCTOBER 21 (MExN): The Naga Club today issued a statement urging all to “come together to uphold the principles of Naga Club for Naga unity without borders and celebrate the Naga Club Centenary with integrity, forgiveness, love and oneness.”
“This is the very principle on which the theme of the Naga Club Centenary 2018 has also been coined as, ‘Celebrating Coalescence,’” said a press note from Naga Club Vice President, Ariyi Neinu and General Secretary, KN Mhonthung Lotha.
While responding to historical aspects of the Naga Club as having been previously commented on by the NSF, the Naga Club however made an appeal for an “accommodative spirit in our midst.”
The Naga Club said it had always desired for a celebration “with every Naga including the NSF.”
It however lamented that the federation decided not to attend the proposed consultative meeting. The Naga Club claimed that they further decided “not have any meeting with the Naga Club and further stated that the Naga Club office bearers are self-styled, without mandate and if the NSF has any meeting with Naga Club, the position of Naga Club would be legitimised.”
Asserting that the “the Naga Club need not be legitimised by NSF nor recognised by it,” it however appealed: “Let us be wise and strong enough to overcome all our childishness, lies, temptations and arrogances which are causing the tendency to break the society and fight amongst ourselves with political colours.”
It cited the series of incidents involving the NSF and Naga Club with regard to planning for the centenary celebrations, and also acknowledged the Angami Public Organisation’s attempt to reconcile the two. The Naga Club however lamented that the “NSF on the other hand has rejected APO’s proposal of ‘understanding and to join together for the occasion’ after their consultative meeting.”
“Whatever has happened has happened and the Naga Club have absolutely no hard feelings against any individual or organisations,” it stated while referring to the controversy that has surrounded the centenary celebrations of the Naga Club scheduled to be held on November 29.
“The Naga Club has forgiven the NSF, or anyone who has wronged the Club. In the same way, the Naga Club humbly begs of anyone for forgiveness, if at all the Club has unknowingly hurt anyone or NSF in any way,” it added.
“Let truth prevail in our Naga society, let Divine Peace and Love dwell in our big Naga family today as desired by our forefathers while launching the Naga Club on 7th January 1918, so that we may trust each other, love each other, forgive each other and understand each other ‘without borders’ to remake our Naga world for posterity to fulfil the will of God on our earth,” it stated.
