Dimapur, Nov 7 (MExN): Maintaining that Goa Governor (and former Nagaland Chief Minister) SC Jamir is the “Godfather’ who gave a new “lease” of life to the NSCN-IM, the NSCN-K asserted that the present peace talks are no different from the controversial booklet ‘Bedrock of Naga Society.’
“To the NSCN, both IK-terrorist and SC Jamir are different side of the same coin. IK terrorist campaigned against SC Jamir’s ‘Bedrock of Naga Society’ but follow suit. There is no difference between Jamir’s ‘Bedrock…’ and IK’s present talk” an NSCN-K MIP release stated. It asserted that entities involved in the Indo-Naga talks and their “blind followers” are far from realizing that without “the NSCN’s involvement in the process, there will be no permanent peace or any kind of solution for the Nagas”. Also, as long as SC Jamir is concerned, “he is the God father who gave a new lease of life to the IK-terrorist through his secret payment of Rs 10 crores to VS Atem for the installation of his unopposed government in 1998” the release asserted adding that Naga NGOs who “vociferously sang the mischievous song of ‘solution, not election’ closed their lying mouths never to speak of VS Atem and the IK terrorist and failed to condemn them for betraying the voice or the confidence of the Nagas by accepting the bribe”.
The NSCN-K asserting that it is pro-people while the NSCN-IM is anti-people, made clear that its does not require the support of “any tainted leader or corrupted political groups in our struggle” , except the support of right-thinking citizens for a honorable consensus of the Naga people in general. “On the contrary, the IK terrorist, no matter how adept they may be in hypnotizing and taking advantage of the ignorance of the Nagas, they cannot survive without either Jamir or their puppet Chief Minister Rio” the release stated.
On the oft-leveled allegations of Army-NSCN nexus, the NSCN-K alleged that a secret meeting was held at Rangapahar “between Lt. Gen. Nanavati and VS Atem in October 1997” and for which the NSCN-K, taking exception branded Atem as anti-national and as such he and his children would be answerable to the Nagas. “The nexus was once again revealed on the 18th October 2006 at Zunheboto, where the Assam Rifles under the command of Col. Sanjay arrested two NSCN cadres and seized their weapons thereby letting the IK terrorists to attack the arrested NSCN cadres with sticks while in their custody where one of the Naga Army cadres got seven stitches on his head before they (AR) handed over NSCN’s weapons to the IK-terrorists in the very presence of Superintendent of Police, Deputy Commissioner and other officials of Zunheboto district” the NSCN-K claimed.
In regard to the ‘quit notice’, the NSCN-K made clear that it would stand. It stated that “the generous act of the Nagas, in appointing Manipuri Th.Muivah as Prime Minister of Naga revolutionary government, proved to be the greatest disaster for them because Th. Muivah abused hi power to suppress the Naga populace”. Under his ‘command’ “so many generals, Kilonsers and two prime ministers” have been killed, for which the ‘quit notice’ would remain final binding till “Nagaland attains sovereignty”, the release added.
