But wants all conflicting parties to aspire for same
DIMAPUR, MARCH 20 (MExN): The NSCN (K) today stated “peace can be possible only when all the conflicting parties genuinely aspire” for the same. In a message to commemorate the 39th Naga Republic Day, a press note issued by Deputy Kilonser of the NSCN (K), Col (retd) Isak Sumi claimed that the NSCN (K) “has never been averse to peace or peaceful approach of resolving the issue.”
“It is however quite vigilant of the ever diabolical maneuver of India to undermine the Naga cause on the pretext of peace as had been amply and bitterly experienced in the past,” it added. The NSCN (K) further accused India of using “peace to further their colonizing agendas over the Nagas and other struggling ethnic nationalities of Western South East Asia (WESEA).
The NSCN (K) under the leadership of Lt Gen (Rtd) Khango Konyak conveyed its greetings to “every beloved Naga countrymen and women across the length and breadth.”
“When we reminisce the past several decades of the glorious struggle for freedom, we are but truly humbled by the spontaneity of the devotion, sacrifices and the true spirit of nationalism which our fore-bearers so daringly demonstrated and which alone did nurture the very basis of the noble cause we pursue hitherto,” it stated.
Observing that “in the course of our struggle thousands of precious lives have been martyred…” the NSCN (K) lamented that “numerous anti-national and sub-national elements have also been fostered among the Nagas at various stages to wreck our liberation movement from within and without.”
“But despite the persisting efforts to sabotage the sacred cause, the movement continues to grow from strength to strength and NSCN/GPRN is privileged to be of service to the Nagas without remorse or apprehension at this challenging time as it had been in the past too,” it added.
The NSCN (K) said it was “fully committed to uphold the inherent rights of the Nagas and is prepared for any eventuality, shall never waver or be constrained by any forces inimical to the dreams and aspirations of the Naga people.”
It meanwhile urged “every fraternal organizations of WESEA struggling under the aegis of NSCN/GPRN to promote and spread the spirit of brotherhood and to strengthen the bond of love and unity through which the region can be liberated from alien subjection.”
The NSCN (K) further appealed to “educated and younger generation Nagas to share the pride of our free glorious past and partake in the sacred mission to liberate our motherland in any manner deemed fit.” It asked them “not to be swayed away by the enemy’s schemes of luxuries and material comforts or be dismayed at the opportunistic exploits of numerous Naga political groups fully bent on self-aggrandizement at the cost of Naga issue and using peace as their convenient excuse…”
It meanwhile shared solidarity with Naga civilians and public servants who the NSCN (K) claimed are being “persecuted” by Indian agencies.
