Dimapur, Feb 23 (MExN): Deploring that NSCN-K CMSB member Kughalo Mulatonu could conceive the idea that NSCN-IM Chairman Isak Chishi Swu and Vice Chairman K Yanthan would join the rival faction, PS to Swu, TG Jimo has asserted points in regard to the Naga political talks.
Criticizing the CMSB member’s tirade as appeared in a section of the local media on February 20 last, the release stated that the political talks between the government and the NSCN-IM is unconditional and held at the highest level i.e., at the Prime Minister level. The two separate entities recognize each other’s history and rights. However, Mulatonu had agreed in the ceasefire agreement to “’protect and safeguard the law of the land i.e., India unconditionally’”. This is not at all a political dialogue, let alone the issue of sovereignty, stated the NSCN-IM and wondered if the NSCN-K leader is aware of the matter that any issue tackled by the Indian Home Ministry is nothing but law and order problem. It charged him of sneaking into Jorhat “guarded by Assam Rifles and then taken to Delhi by Indian Army helicopter to brief the Home Ministry officials on the prevailing law and order issues and get more intelligence inputs against the people”. Nagas’ sovereignty is not in Assam and cannot be had in collaboration with Research & Analysis Wing (RAW), the NSCN-IM stated querying if accepting arms and ammunitions or logistic support from India is the NSCN-K’s idea of sovereignty.
Also, the release also maintained that the Government of India-NSCN (IM) talks are being held in third country under the glare of “world media” and the world recognizes the right and history of the Nagas. “…come to think of it we struggle for all Nagas including your family” it stated even while advising to “call up UNO or GOI or any organization and ask them if Nagas are terrorists, trust me, you will go red in the face”.
The NSCN-IM also took note of the NSCN-K serving a ‘Quit Notice’ to a particular community and termed it as a blatant violation of “the deeply ingrained age-old harmony among the Naga family”. Asking where Mulatonu derived the authority to claim or disown a part of Naga territory or a community, the NSCN-IM strongly held forth that “if you insist that the Tangkhul brothers are not Nagas, I must also have the right to say that you are not a Sumi”. Cautioning that preaching nationalism bereft of moral, ethical values and integrity would later be “heaped twofold upon you”, the NSCN-IM held opinion that receiving all possible help from the Indian agencies has inflated your ego to such an extent that it has made you a rogue and not a leader”.
“Perhaps your spirit of nationalism burns brightly in some Assam Rifle camp. I urge you to do away with that wanton boy attitude and be sober and rational with the Nagas because the institution of the Nagas is much dearer than you or me. If this piece hurt your sentiment in any manner, then you’d probably realize how merciless you’ve been with your pen over the years” the statement added.
