Kohima, APRIL 8 (MExN): The Naga National Council (NNC) today stated that it “rejects and condemns the Indian Election in Nagaland.” A press note from the NNC called upon all “freedom loving Nagas to reject and condemn this election in Nagaland because this is in complete violation of Naga sovereignty and democratic rights of the Naga people as a whole.”
The NNC stated that the Government of India should solve the “Naga political problem of occupation instead of imposing election in Nagaland.” “India knows very well that the Naga political problem is yet to be resolved finally, as this political problem of occupation has lasted for more than sixty long years; so it spread in the North-East and mainland-India,” it added.
Reiterating that the “Naga political problem of occupation” should be addressed first and solved “once for all,” the NNC called upon “freedom loving Nagas” to refrain from participating in the polls. Instead, according to the NNC, “the Naga people should demand another Plebiscite (Referendum) in the Naga homeland with observers from the United Nations, Asian countries and all democratic countries of the world, who speak and stand for self-determination, rights of democracy and human rights.”
The NNC further recalled that it had rejected the Indian parliamentary election in 1952 and 1957. “The Naga people officially and publicly declared Naga Independence on August 14, 1947, which was acknowledged by the United Nations and also conducted the Naga National Plebiscite (Referendum) in 1951 on May 16,” it asserted. “So the Naga people have hundred percent (100%) of democratic rights for sovereignty.” It further demanded that the “Nagas’ right for sovereignty should be recognized.”
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