DIMAPUR, NOVEMBER 25 (MExN): The NSCN (IM) today issued a statement in response to a report by the PRO Defence informing that a “covert recruitment racket of NSCN (IM)” was busted in Mon on November 21.
A press release from the MIP of the NSCN (IM) termed this as a “misplaced statement” and said that this “goes against the historical right and reality as testified in the past many years.”
“Naga people’s zeal to serve the political cause of the Naga nation should not be undermined and contaminated in such a manner. The sanctity of the dearest Naga political issue will stand strong to inspire Naga youths, no matter how much effort is put in by the Assam Rifles and Indian Army personnel to give a different color,” it added.
The NSCN (IM) further said that “Naga youth willing to join the Naga national service out of their own conviction does not violate the ceasefire ground rules (CFGR).” It meanwhile claimed that “they are not being forced by any local authority or NSCN.”
It stated that ever since the Naga political movement started more than seventy years ago, “the passion to serve the Naga nation has been growing steadily and spontaneously among the Naga youths because the Indo-Naga political issue matters to them.”
“It matters to them because it is a question of redefining Naga’s political identity. It is a question of protecting Naga’s historical and political right. Thus, it is a question of Naga’s pride as a nation. This is the reason why young people, irrespective of their education level continues to be motivated to find their way to NSCN camps and other political groups,” the NSCN (IM) said.
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