Dimapur, July 16 (MExN): Convenor of the Steering Committee of the National Socialist Council of Nagalim (NSCN-IM), Qhevihe Chishi Swu, has raised a series of questions and clarifications on the ‘Naga national principles’ in an article titled ‘The Stand of NSCN on the National Principle.’ In particular he has clarified the meanings of such terms as unique history, which he stated means that “the Nagas have been a free people and they have never ever been a part of India or others either by conquest or consent.” He also noted ‘shared sovereignty’ to entail ‘pluralism’ and facilitates an ‘interdependent relationship.’ “People and nations today do not believe in the concept of total isolationism. They are now for the doctrine of interdependent relationship among people and nations. Coexistence of the two entities/equals is a natural as well as social necessity,” he wrote.
