DIMAPUR, MAY 2 (MExN): The Chairman of the NSCN (IM) Isak Chishi Swu has send out a clear and firm message to New Delhi pointing out that if peace negotiations with the Government of India collapse, “it will not be from our part because Nagas have displayed boldness and sincerity. “Up until now the courage, conviction and decisiveness of India is found wanting. This is the greatest obstacle to the path of solution”, Swu stated in his address at Council Headquarters, Hebron on Wednesday during a two-day ‘party meeting’ of the NSCN (IM).
Addressing a massive gathering of NSCN (IM) workers and officials, Swu asked his comrades to be prepared for any eventuality “because when your enemy is indecisive, it is the most provoking period and a dangerous one”.
The chairman also made it clear that while the peace process with the Government of India to find peaceful solution to the Indo-Naga issue was paramount, yet any solution will be meaningless until and unless the right of the Nagas is recognized. “NSCN will explore all possibilities towards the path of solution in accommodative spirit but not at the expense of our right and honour”, the NSCN (IM) leader stated adding that this was ‘inalienable to the Nagas’. He also send out the message that the NSCN (IM) will never walk the way of the ‘treacherous 16 point agreement or the infamous Shillong Accord of 1975.
Significantly, the NSCN (IM) chairman also pointed out that though Delhi had opted for a solution through political dialogue after a lengthy outpouring of its military might upon the Naga people, however the Government of India’s ‘tactical policy’ on the whole has never really changed. “Their ambition is to divide the Nagas on communal line using selfish individuals as their tools”, Swu stated and further alleged that any petty misunderstanding between two Naga brothers offers the military and law enforcing agencies of India to sit back and enjoy, eagerly awaiting it to turn violent and communal.
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