Dimapur, May 7 (MExN): Following a Joint Council Meeting held on April 30, the NSCN (IM) has decided to commemorate the Naga Plebiscite Day of May 16, 1951 with thanksgiving and prayer at the General Headquarters Church, Naga Army.
In this connection, the NSCN (IM) Steering Committee Convener Maj (Retd) Hutovi Chishi has informed al the NSCN members and GPRN functionaries to attend the celebration.
As per the Convener, the political significance of Naga Plebiscite Day had been bolstered by the Amsterdam Joint Communiqué of July 11, 2002 regarding recognition of the unique history and situation of the Naga people and Framework Agreement of August 03, 2015.
Accordingly, the Convener stated that it demonstrated that “Nagalim was never a part of the Indian Union or Myanmar either by consent or conquest.”
Further, Framework Agreement was signed based on the “principle of sovereignty,” he said.
As sovereignty constitutes “identity of a nation, the sovereign Nagalim national flag and the sovereign Nagalim national constitution are duly recognised and acknowledged in the letter and spirit of the Framework Agreement,” he added.
Thus, the Steering Committee Convener stated that “it is our bounden duty towards our Naga Nation to be steadfast in our commitment and uphold the sanctity of the National Principle.”
