Dimapur, August 13 (MExN): The Nagas are not demanding a favor from India but fighting for what is rightfully own, NNC president Adinno Phizo states. The NNC chief has urged the people to “promote peace, understanding as good Naga and pursue national unity towards a common goal.”
In her ‘independence day message’ Adinno Phizo stated that “The 53 years unresolved conflict between by any standard unequal Nagaland and India, couldn’t have done the Indian leaders reputation much good other than a laughing-stock.” Whether Delhi ‘cares or not,’ trampling on Nagaland’s sovereignty on false ground will eventually collapse because of inherent contradiction, the NNC asserted.
She pointed out as a clear fallacy to refer Indian aggression as the “vexed Naga problem.” The core issue is simply the total withdrawal of the Indian occupation army and its camp followers from Nagaland immediately, she stated, adding “there can be no excuse for India to concoct imagined fear to prolong the occupation of Nagaland.”
She reminded: “From the outset, Nagaland did not seek or demand any favor from India. The Naga stand always has been Nagaland belong to the Naga people. Let no one doubt the resolve of the Naga nation to uphold the Yehzabo of Nagaland.”
Adinno stated despite unremitting Indian occupation since 1954, the “federal republic of Nagaland” is very much alive. “For where our nation is today, we thank the Almighty God for sustaining our people to stand on own’s ground. We will always remember our patriots who sacrificed their lives in defending our freedom. The Government of India (GoI) senseless policy to colonize Nagaland has no place in modern world” she acknowledged.
Further, the NNC president mentioned that her generation witnessed momentous political upheaval across the world in the aftermath of World War ll. At that juncture, the Naga communities had no common purpose. But, she said, unlike neighboring British India and Burma, the sovereignty of Naga territory was never conceded to foreigners. It stayed the same during the former British Empire.
“In the 19th century, the British invaders met fierce resistance from the Angami Naga villages that started in January 1832 till 22 November 1879. To end the war, the British entered into an unwritten peace understanding with the dominant Khonoma village on 27 March 1880. The basis of the understanding unequivocally bound the British that on the day the British decide to go back home, the Naga territory were to be left alone” Adinno Phizo stated.
The NNC also reiterated the plebiscite of 1951 and that it was ‘immutably entrusted with the people’s mandate.’
“In total reversal to Mahatma Gandhi’s word that India will never use force against Nagaland and respect Nagaland independence, given to NNC representatives on 19 July 1947 during a visit to Delhi, Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of India, gave order to his Indian army to invade Nagaland in 1954. Ever since, the GoI flagrantly pursue with no signs of relenting, the annexation of peaceful and beautiful Federal Republic of Nagaland” the NNC stated.
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