DIMAPUR, OCTOBER 13 (MExN): The NSCN (IM) today said that it “detests any kind of piecemeal solution, short of Naga National Flag and Yehzabo.”
A press release from the NSCN (IM) Chairman, Q Tuccu said that these two issues are “non-negotiable” and “we shall continue to stand till the last man standing.” “NSCN shall be failing before God and before the Naga people if we stumble at this most decisive moment of our history. Naga people cannot be hired into accepting highly attractive economic packages at the expense of our exalted position with sovereign rights,” it stated.
It asserted that “we have to prove our worth as Nagas by upholding our Flag and Yehzabo.”
“Our joint struggle with Naga people from all walks of life including civil societies, churches, bureaucrats, politicians etc for over seven decades to live in dignity and peace should be given a new meaning. It is now or never,” the NSCN (IM) added.
While stating that the Government of India and NSCN (IM) reached this far at the threshold of striking the final deal, it lamented that the road to a final deal has become “ticklish as the sensitive issue of Naga Flag and Yehzabo (Naga constitution) remains as the sticking point.”
“For the Naga people these two issues stand tall because they symbolise our political and National rights. The Government of India knows the political significance of these issues for the Naga people but come short of giving official recognition to be made a part of the final agreement. This is the crux of the ongoing Indo-Naga political talks and the reason why the going gets tough, leaving the NSCN negotiators with no option but to act tough,” it said.
It stated that the Naga people cannot afford to forget the “political blunders” of the 16-Point Agreement and Shillong Accord.
“We cannot allow such agreements to repeat and flatter us again. We cannot be blinded to go by the ghost of another Naga People's Convention (NPC) that sold out our political rights and history. It will be an abhorrent act if we knowingly go against our history and political rights for which nearly 3 lakh Nagas have given their lives,” the NSCN (IM) cautioned.
It further reminded that the Naga people “cannot forget the achievements made by leaders like late AZ Phizo, late Isak Chishi Swu, late Khodao Yanthan, late General Kholi Konyak, Th Muivah, present NSCN (IM) General Secretary and others.”
“We should uphold their ideals and political dreams. We should honour them and not let them down at this turning point of history,” the NSCN (IM) asserted.
Stating that the “final testing time has come for the Naga people,” it urged the Naga people to “exercise our courage and wisdom to know the political truth of God's creation of Naga Nation” and “take the right decision.”
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