Dimapur, August 26 (MExN): While asserting that “nobody is a Naga by grace or permission of the other” the NSCN-IM took the ‘Quit Notice’ issued by the NSCN-K to a particular community, as “a clear indication of their bankruptcy of political philosophies and ideas” which would only benefit “their masters in New Delhi”.
“The much condemned quit notice of the Khaplangs served against a particular tribe and the warnings to the various Naga apex civil societies is a clear indication of their bankruptcy of political philosophies and ideas; it simply manifest in itself the desperate attempt to control people through gun and the seeds of divisionism, fighting amongst the Nagas, a colonial policy of divide and rule which the world today has abandoned long before” said an MIP, GPRN statement. It asserted that every Naga tribe is inseparable and they are a nation with the same culture and history. “Nobody is a Naga by grace or permission of the other. We are Nagas by blood, culture and history. And that anyone who preaches against this truth does not belong to the Naga family” it maintained.
The NSCN-IM held view that “by serving quit notice to a certain community on the basis that they are Nationalists, Khaplang and his boys are aiming at singling out tribe after tribe till no Naga community is left”. “Today, it may be the Tangkhuls, but tomorrow it would be the Sumis, the Angamis, Aos, Maos, Lothas, Zeliangrongs, Khiamniungans, Konyaks, Pangmis etc., because there is not a single Naga tribe that has not been and is not a nationalist. Each have contributed their roles in their own way towards the national cause” it stated while cautioning that “the end result of this exercise by the Khaplangs is ultimately to benefit their masters in New Delhi”.
In regard to the warning served to apex Naga organizations, the NSCN-IM stated that this is to discourage expression of the aspirations of the Naga people and thence, isolating and reducing the mass movement of the Nagas’ struggle into a movement of the few. The organization termed this as a “great political mistake never ever to be committed by any sensible person(s)”.
Reacting to the charge of having incited the Naga-Kuki conflict, the NSCN-IM held that it was in fact instigated by “the enemies”. “The Nagas are known for their hospitality and accommodative spirit to even friends and foes. Kuki-Naga clashes that took place sometimes in the early part of nineties were incited by the enemies. No Naga should be made the scapegoat of that ugly communalism” the organization held view. It, however, asserted that the matter has been settled and “the two communities are now peacefully co-existing”.
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