Kohima, February 5 (MExN): The Naga Hoho has expressed ‘pain’ over the “chain of unfortunate events” in Nagaland State. “These were the consequence of the Govt of Nagaland’s unwillingness to listen to the voice of the people,” the Naga Hoho stated today in a ‘condemnation’ note from its General Secretary Mutsikhoyo Yhobu.
Maintaining that the Naga Hoho will “remain steadfast” with the Naga people despite its “shortcoming and failures,” it reminded how the Hoho has been “consistent in its opposition to the election of the ULBs vis-à-vis the municipal act.” Various consultations were held and communiqués given to the extent of serving an ultimatum to the government, which, however, went “unheeded,” the Naga Hoho lamented.
It condemned the acts of the government and its machinery that led to the killings and injuries, while giving condolences to the bereaved families.
The Naga Hoho stated that when “power hungry and corrupt people rule, the government becomes blind and deaf to the suffering and cries of the people.”
Further, when the government “does not listen to the voice of the people, can treacherously betray its own commitments made in the presence of our highest sacred institution and even goes to the extent of taking the lives of the son of the soil,” it has “lost the moral right to govern the people and it should gracefully step down if the leaders have any conscience,” maintained the Hoho.
