Morung Express News
Dimapur | September 14
The NSCN (IM) in response to the statement issued by Commander-in-Chief of the Naga Army, NSCN (K) with regard to “certain allegations” made against the collective leaders has pointed out that Gen Kholi should be more realistic and accurate with facts. “Leaving aside all accusations let us first take into account of who should be made responsible for explanation of any act committed and the reasons that led to such a deed”, stated a press communiqué issued by MIP, NSCN (IM).
Stating in clear terms that in the Naga Army set up, the Commander-in-Chief is the overall head of all military operations and actions of its army, the NSCN (IM) in its communiqué pointed out that the C-n-C plays the vital and crucial role in all decisions or policy making in the military functions of the Naga Army in the Naga national struggle.
“Any action of the military is subjected to its Commander-in-Chief; hence any query upon civil authority leaders is out of question and inappropriate on military matter. Therefore, Gen Kholi the C-n-C since the NNC/FGN times till date in the Khaplang camp should bring to light the reasons of all the accused acts of the Naga Army”, the NSCN (IM) stated in pointed reference to the charge made by Gen Kholi that it was under his former comrade in arms Isak Chishi Swu and Th Muivah, now Chairman and General Secretary of the NSCN (IM), which led to the killing of a great number of innocent Nagas.
The NSCN (IM) has meanwhile also acknowledged that “it was through the intervention of Gen Kholi Konyak who told the accordists that not a drop of blood of Messr. Isak and Muivah should be shed in Eastern Nagalim that prevented them (accordists) from committing the crime and saved the two leaders from the jaws of death”.
In this regard, the NSCN (IM) pointed out that in the aftermath of the infamous Shillong Accord, “the stooges of the Indian government and the accordists tried to suppress the Naga people’s aspiration through aggressive means and inhuman elimination of the Naga people who went against this treacherous accord, thus giving birth to fratricidal killings in Nagalim”.
In the backdrop of the aggression upon the Naga people’s voice, the Naga people formed the NSCN headed by Isak Chishi Swu, SS Khaplang, Th Muivah and Gen Kholi Konyak as the Chairman, Vice-Chairman, General Secretary and the Commander-in-Chief of the Naga Army respective to resuscitate the Naga people’s freedom movement, the MIP stated in its communiqué.
Coming to the context of unification of the Nagas, the NSCN (IM) stated that there remained “certain unanswered questions that have been obstructing all good-will gestures”. “As the Naga people are fighting for our freedom against the Indian nation, the NSCN/GPRN have been repeatedly asking the Khaplang group to disassociate from our enemy camp”, it stated and questioned as to why the Khaplang cadres in collaboration with the Indian Army fighting against the NSCN (IM). “The peaceful settlement of Mr Kitovi, their General Secretary along with his followers at the heart of Mokokchung town even prior to their ceasefire declaration is ample proof of their brotherhood in arms against the Nagas”, the NSCN (IM) stated.
Significantly, the NSCN (IM) pointed to the joint operations of the NSCN (K) with the NNC/FGN. “Khaplang and Gen Kholi also rejected and condemned the Shillong Accord (NNC/FGN) and joined the fold in forming the NSCN, but today their joint operations with the NNC/FGN against the Naga Army is an open declaration of their acceptance and embracement of the infamous Shillong Accord (acceptance of the Indian Constitution).
Further, while stating that Nagas have been striving for a unified land of the Nagas presently under the arbitrary occupation of Myanmar and India, and to liberate the Naga nation from all alien subjugation to live as a people, the divisive policy or issue of quit notice to Naga tribes/family by the NSCN (K) clearly demonstrated their isolation from the Naga issue and portraying that they were mere tools of the enemy to divide the Naga people on tribal lines as well as arbitrary boundaries.
Message of NSCN (IM) on unification:
The Khaplang camp loudly speaks of unity but do not practice the ethics of unifying values, morals and qualities. The NSCN/GPRN has repeatedly asserted our willingness in the unity of the Nagas. We have time and again been sending various feelers in our desire to unify. Our door is always open to all the Nagas for unification and reconciliation. But unification can never take place as long as it is simply in words and not in deeds. A unification process has to be founded on certain ideals and modalities to materialize. And this modality is to be based on the Naga national principles. One has to stop associating with our adversaries. One has to part away from anti-Naga activities. One has to stop collaborating with the enemies of the Nagas. Then only there is a meeting point of unification in its true practical sense. For the Nagas national freedom struggle and the sacrifices laid transcend all reasons of irrationality. Let us unite for the Naga people’s cause rather than our egoistic whims or individual materialistic ends, so that a new era of peaceful and integrated Naga family to strive on with the rest of the world could be brought about.
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