Dimapur, November 30 (MExN): While wholeheartedly supporting reconciliation to achieve unity among the Naga peoples, the Dutch based Naga International Support Center (NISC) however made it clear that unity cannot be achieved by way of excluding any Naga tribe or any civil organization, but by looking into the cause of the bitter feud which had led to the split in the first place.
The NISC while terming the recent unification drive as a “coup” by the Khaplang group/Sema leaders, it wanted to know whether Khaplang himself had ordered the unity team or whether it was people like K. Mulatonu and AZ Jami who acted on their own “in collaboration with Sema with their agenda on Intangki Forest”. Pointing out that Khaplang has no reason to keep quiet, the NISC requested Khaplang to speak out on unification through reconciliation. “Khaplang you are accountable for your actions, or does your silence means you agree with the conditions your men spelled out for unification?” the NISC stated.
The NISC claimed that the unification drive was declared without the knowledge of the leaders of both NSCN’s and that it was a serious mistake to exclude social and civil organizations from reconciliation. The NISC stated that to exclude any tribe from the unity process was an anachronism and to exclude parts of the Naga Homeland a scam.
The NISC further alleged that the “Sumis bonded with the Khaplang group to occupy Intangki and Cachar” and that “acting on behalf of Khaplang and Mulatonu, a Sema, tried to grab power and land”.
Consequently the NISC gave a five point suggestion and called on all Nagas to strive for unification on the basis of equality and accountability for all; to include civil society of all walks of life and in all Naga lands of Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Burmam so not just Nagaland State; to condemn the greed for land of the Semas concerning Intangki Forest Reserve which has been their underlying motivation to join forces with the Khaplang group, sans Khaplang; to counter fake unification attempts which really are intended to undermine Naga Society and divide the Nagas all for personal greed, land grabbing and subservience to the Indian Masters and lastly to stand together as one to achieve the ultimate goal the Nagas have been fighting for so long already, “your right to determine your own future”.
The NISC also called on the NSCN-IM to show restraint and statesmanship when coming down on the village where the ‘peacemakers’ have their quarter and to try to solve any conflict through dialogue and peaceful means.
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