DIMAPUR, DECEMBER 6 (MExN): The Naga National Council (NNC) under the leadership of Z Royim Yimchungru and V Nagi on Tuesday stated that the long relationship of the Nagas with the British Government was replete with hardship and betrayal by the latter.
The statement from the NNC comes in reference to a recent statement made by Alan Gemmell, OBE Minister for Cultural Affairs and Head of British Council India on the long relationship between the British Government and the Naga people while in Kohima.
The NNC recalled that the Naga people helped UK in the First World War and Second World War faithfully but in return, they (British) ignored the political act enacted and passed in the House of Lords (British parliament) in 1935 called “Naga Hills Excluded Area” which was and is a valid political act.
Therefore, the NNC said the “Naga people are not interested in any other comment or statement from UK minister but talks about the Naga Hills Excluded Area in reality.” It said the “British Government in the first place was and is fully responsible for the political plight of the Nagas.”
