Dimapur, May 22 (MExN): The NSCN-IM invites all Nagas “from different camps” who are “for sovereignty” to “come along” and be a part of the “historic reconciliation.”
“…we invite and welcome all of our brothers and sisters in different camps to come forward for the historic reconciliation. We hope no one who runs the blood of the Nagas opposes it. We are for sovereignty. Come along if you too are for sovereignty” declared an MIP issue. The NSCN-IM declared that the sovereignty of the Nagas’ is based on the “historical facts of the Nagas and for this we have been taking so long a time even in the last moment of the talks.’ “We have not given up even an iota of sovereignty and we will continue to do so” it asserted.
A “dead history” would have been inherited had not it been the leadership of AZ Phizo and his refusal to join the Indian union in 1950 and a history of surrender, shame and humiliation would have resulted had it not been the leadership of Isak and Muivah “who saved the future of the Naga nation” from the Shillong Accord, the NSCN-IM declared.
The NSCN-IM further added that the history of the Nagas would have been most ignominious had “the abortive coup attempt of SS Khaplang, the darling of RAW, been successful in 1988.” The NSCN-IM maintained that the “world knows” how the NSCN-K chairman ‘clique’ had been “honeymooning” with the Indian intelligence and armed forces for two decades now.
“People say it may be not because they are working for it, but because they are trying to deceive the world by covering up their crimes” it stated adding that in their (NSCN-K) talks with the GoI “they have accepted the law of the land which is noting but the acceptance of Indian constitution?”
The NSCN-IM also reiterated its stand on integration maintaining that integration/unification of all Naga territories is a “natural necessity which admits no argument.” It is a matter of choice, the NSCN-IM stated. Unification of all Nagas areas under one political umbrella has been the long-cherished goal of the Nagas wherever they are; integration of all Naga territories is an integral part of solution which no sensible Naga would misconstrue it, it added.
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