DIMAPUR, AUGUST 26 (MExN): The NSCN-IM held that it is ‘unimaginable’ that no organization, state or even a village can exist without “socialist spirit”. According to the organization, “the spirit of socialism” has been with the Nagas and it is an “inborn element” which was “passed down to us by our forefathers”.
“The foundation of the socialistic culture of the Nagas is rooted in the Naga ethos and their social system. NSCN stands for a type of socialistic economic system which is compatible with the Christian thought” stated a MIP, GPRN release in the backdrop of criticisms about its national socialist ideology and the proximity to Chinese communism. “Speaking of the spirit of socialism , it has been with the Nagas as it is with others and it will go along with them being it inborn element not imported from others. We cannot imagine of having an organization, a village or a state without socialist spirit” it asserted.
It held view that the Nagas are bound into a nation by its socialist culture, tradition and political concept since time immemorial. “The unity of Naga communities into a nation being sustained by the socialist spirit for centuries is unique in our own way of living and different from that of the communist socialism elsewhere in the world. The Naga traditional institute of socialism that united us in all own way of living in togetherness as a people is not a new concept but a legacy passed down to us by our forefathers” it stated.
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