Kuolachalie Seyie and others during “Naga Magna Carta Day” on January 10.
Kohima, January 10 (MExN): The Naga Club today paid homage to Imkongmeren Ao, the legendary NNC vice president on its "Naga Magna Carta Day" on January 10 at Longkhum under Mokokchung district.
Speaking on the occasion, Kuolachalie Seyie, President, Naga Club conveyed enduring respect to Imkongmeren Ao, vice president, Naga National Council (NNC), for the exemplary role he played to establish the roadmap, “the Nagas has to walk on the vastly changed times, in which we Nagas find ourselves today.”
“He fulfilled his responsibilities with knowledge of the facts of the unchallengeable history of the independent Nagas. We have come to Longkhum today to pay homage to our towering leader, beloved and respected by all Nagas for his clarity and vision on the Naga political position and his unflinching love for the Naga country. We celebrate his life and remember with deep affection all that he gave so sacrificially for the posterity of the younger generations,” Seyie said.
Seyie also expressed gratitude to all Ao villages in Ao region, “for the ways in which they have kept the story of the Naga Movement alive through the chaotic decades of our Naga struggles for the defence of its independence.”
We thank them for passing on the baton to those who have stepped forward to be responsible for the Naga story, he said.
He said that our visionary forefathers submitted a historic memorandum to the British Statutory Commission headed by Sir John Simon on 10th Jan. 1929, declaring as “Leave us Alone to Determine for Ourselves as in Ancient Time”, which became the first written Magna Carta of the Naga National Politics and laid down the rock solid foundation of the Naga people’s Rights that gave the legitimacy and the mandate to self- determination.
This 10th January every year is a Red-Letter Day for all of us and on this day we look back at our staunch patriotic Naga National pioneers and legend leaders like Imkongmeren Ao, he said.
“Because of imperishable legacy and heritage of our pioneer thinkers and staunch patriotic leaders like Imkongmeren Ao who deeply loved their people, land and gave their best and their all sacrificially, the Naga unquestionable political history shall never ever die,” Seyie said.
