Dimapur, Aug 1 (MExN): The Nagaland Peace Centre (NPC) Kohima while welcoming the extension of ceasefire between the Government of India and the National Socialist Council of Nagaland (IM) for another period of six months, appealed to the Indian military forces to refrain from employing force tactics and also National workers to ‘diminish’ activities such as tax collection, killing and abductions. The organization hoped that a peaceful cooperative attitude would be maintained to usher in better understanding between both the sides involved.
The NPC in a press release issued by its Chairman N.Theyo and Executive Director Lhusi Haralu while appreciating the Collective Leadership of the NSCN (IM) for coming to India for political talks, expressed its desire that both the sides cooperate and work in such a way that the prospect of peace would be strengthened instead of consolidating the ‘sanction of military force’. It implied that the military forces should cease employing force tactics while the National workers should also ‘diminish’ activities such as tax collection, killing and abductions. It also recalled the initial efforts of Indian leaders like former Prime Ministers Deve Gowda, late P V Narashima Rao Atal Bihari Vajpayee as well as present Prime Minister of India Dr. Manmohan Singh, saying that it was their continuing effort to prolong the ceasefire with the hope that a solution would be arrived at to solve the vexed Naga political problem.
Appealing to both the NSCN (IM) and the GOI to pursue only peaceful policies, the NPC implied that non-violent means would be fruitful in ushering stability and peace in Nagaland and that both sides should protect the Naga people “from the cruel hands of Ceasefire violators”, whoever they might be, it stated.
