Dimapur, April 5 (MExN): The NSCN (IM) has criticised veteran politician Dr SC Jamir for allegedly campaigning “for the new version of his 16 Points Agreement and his repeated disparaging remark against the inclusion of Naga flag and Yehzabo (Constitution) in the Naga solution.”
In a statement issued through its Ministry of Information and Publicity on Tuesday, the NSCN (IM) stated that Jamir “misinterpreted the political meaning of every single word of the Framework Agreement to suit his own political propaganda,” while calling the former chief minister a “political criminal.”
Stating that he is the only living architect and signatory of the 16 Points Agreement, the NSCN (IM) claimed that Jamir who was serving as a Parliamentary Secretary at the time, “protested and successfully prevented” a meeting between Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and AZ Phizo to resolve the Naga issue once and for all, as “...Nehru knew very well that the 16 points would not go far enough to resolve the Naga issue.”
It went on to accuse Jamir of attempting to “finish the NSCN” by raising forces like the Nagaland Youth Front, 9th Brigade and 6th Brigade and also implementing “a dreaded policy of peace offensive” with the sanction of the Government of India (GoI) to “go all out against NSCN,” during his tenure as Chief Minister of Nagaland, among others.
“With his inherent tendency to stoke fire of controversy, while the peace process was at its peak, Jamir published a book 'Bedrock of Naga Society' where he stated that the 16 Points Agreement is the Alpha and Omega for the Indo-Naga political agreement. Burdened with this turn out, the GoI was thrown into uneasy position and consequently, the Indo-Naga talk was unjustly delayed,” the MIP statement read.
“Nevertheless, there was a high pitch for the success of the Naga political solution and the Naga people’s unflinching support was evidently displayed,” the NSCN (IM) stated, adding that it finally resulted in the signing of the Framework Agreement (FA) which generated much political fervour.
According to the NSCN (IM), with the signing of the FA, Jamir has been burning the midnight oil “as he knew too well that his 16 Points Agreement has been at risk of being superseded.” He started attacking the FA in various forms and outrageously misinterpreted to suit his way, it said, while adding that former Interlocutor RN Ravi’s appointment as Nagaland Governor “gave Jamir the best opportunity to divert and dilute the FA.”
“Much to the fulfillment of his scheming political agenda, in 2017, a third party/force was created known as the NNPGs and agreement was signed which is called ‘Agreed Position,’ targeted against the Framework Agreement,” it stated.
The NSCN (IM) further claimed that the “Agreed Position is just a re-edited version of the 16 Points Agreement,” and maintained that Jamir’s recent meeting with Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi was “to give strong hints to sign the Naga solution based on Agreed Position which favour his political dream.”
“But in the process, he (Jamir) does not foresee that it will invite another era of bloodshed... The choice is left for the Prime Minister of India, either to choose Jamir the trouble maker or the permanent peaceful settlement of the Naga issue,” the statement read.
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