
DIMAPUR, JUNE 28 (MExN): Nagaland State Governor, PB Acharya today expressed shock at the passing of Isak Chishi Swu, Chairman of the NSCN (IM).
“He was a person with a combination of all experiences who proved himself well practically. It is indeed a great loss for all to have lost a dedicated, devoted and a committed leader. The Nagas have lost one of the most influential and courageous leader,” the Governor said in a press statement.
Odisha Governor and former Nagaland CM, Dr SC Jamir, while expressing shock, stated that Swu “had always a firm belief in peace and non violence.”
A press note from the Odisha Governor stated: “All through the perilous Naga political pilgrimage, he never deserted his political ideology and remained steadfast in his approach.”
“Nagaland today desperately seeks a congenial political environment burying all the differences among different sections of Naga community and reinventing a dynamic and progressive society rooted in the spirit of peace, harmony and feeling of oneness. Dedicating to this cause by drawing inspiration and motivation from his eventful life will be the best to Issac Swu,” Jamir noted.
Meanwhile, Nagaland State Chief Minister, TR Zeliang recalled that he had always been impressed by Swu’s dedication to the cause of the Naga people – “the cause for which he had forsaken the numerous opportunities of personal comfort he could have easily availed as one of the few Naga graduates in the 1950s.”
“To ensure the memory, life and contributions of our legendary leader do not go in vain, we the living must endeavor to fulfill the precious dream he could not witness when alive: Let all sections of the Naga people come together, sink our differences and concertedly work to bring about an early solution to the Naga problem,” the CM appealed.