Dimapur, January 3 (MExN): Reiterating the declaration made by NSCN (IM) chairman, Isak Chishi Swu on forgiveness and reconciliation amongst the Naga people and different groups, the MIP stated that it once again proclaimed that the NSCN (IM) is always ready for reconciliation and forgiveness. “Those who really love Nagalim and the Naga nation have been struggling for the unification and liberation of Nagalim up to this point of time. It has been the basic principle of the National Socialist Council of Nagalim to stand for unification and national unity base on correct line” stated a MIP release. Re-enforcing further the statement emphasized that they really meant business, and therefore appealed to the civil societies to start taking initiative to facilitate this great necessity of the time “for the sake of unification and national unity.”
The MIP release however aired a note of caution stating there are people attempting to divide Naga Homeland and Naga nation under the shadow of ‘unification’ whose motive was to unify “few sections of certain community for the purpose of grabbing power, money and land to exploit the interests of other Nagas.” The statement clarified stating that Azheto’s group “who has gone astray does not, in any way represent the National Socialist Council of Nagalim and the Government of the People’s Republic of Nagalim” and that any commitment made by them is “unauthorized and not acceptable.” The MIP release cautioned that “this group of people cannot be endorsed to represent the interest of the Naga people.”
In another press release, the MIP questioned the secular credentials of the Union Government of India highlighting the recent inhumane atrocities against Christian brethren in Orissa in the hands of the fundamentalists.
The statement said that ‘NSCN cannot help condemning the Orissa incident because the crisis management capability of India backed by its political power will have significant bearing on India’s concern in dealing with the other problems in North East’.
Weary of India’s honesty and sincerity in committing to solving the more than 60 years India-Naga conflict issue, the statement added that it has become a compulsion for NSCN to ‘watch every single step of India after having tasted the bitter fruits of trusting India during the last ten years of ceasefire’.
“Notwithstanding the unpleasant situation faced by the Nagas across Nagalim on account of the misadventure by defectors taking the “Naga Unification” issue as their escape route, engineered by anti-Naga forces, NSCN wishes all the Nagas a Happy New Year believing that “God’s Will” shall be the commitment in the heart of each Naga in this promising New Year.”
