DIMAPUR, APRIL 11 (MExN): The Working Committee (WC), Naga National Political Groups (NNPGs) today stated that there is “no space to either fool or be fooled now or in the future” between the WC, NNPGs and Government of India (GoI).
“The Naga tribes, Customary institutions, the church and apex Civil societies have all prayed for and endorsed the 17th November 2017 Agreed Position. The Tribe and Civil Society leaders intellectually assisted over fifty rounds of political negotiations,” a press release from the media cell of the WC NNPGs stated.
It further stated that Naga neighbours like the Ahoms, the Meiteis, the Kukis and tribal leaders in Arunachal Pradesh “have been reached out and consulted.” The negotiated Status Paper is not an achievement of WC, NNPGs but a common property of Naga tribes, it added.
The WC, NNPGs claimed that “therein lay the difference between the Framework Agreement and the Agreed Position.”
“One is a non-inclusive secret document without a political or administrative blueprint. The other is a transparent, practical roadmap prepared in consultation with the Naga people and for the Naga people,” it said.
It meanwhile stated that the August 3, 2015 ceremony after the Government of India and the NSCN (IM) signed the Framework Agreement, “the value of Naga Sovereignty, Integration, Flag and Constitution were pulled down to the ground trampled both in speech and action.”
“There was no protest during or after the function and as days turned into weeks, months and years, absurd interpretation of FA is being shoved down the throat of Nagas but there is just one truth. The people have seen and heard enough,” it added.
On the Agreed Position, the WC, NNPGs said that with the “endorsement of all sections of Nagas assured,” the official announcement from the GoI to begin an enduring peaceful co-existence is now the uncompromising demand of the Naga people.
The WC, NNPGs meanwhile rued that there are Naga leaders “who claim to dearly love the Lord Jesus Christ outwardly but their sole purpose of existence on this earth appear to condemn and malign Dr SC Jamir; RN Ravi; WC Convener, N Kitovi Zhimomi and other Naga leaders, till their last breath.”
“It is time to introspect and look deep within. Amid the chaos, may Merciful God guide the Naga leaders to a higher level of understanding where common journey and shared future prevails,” it hoped.
