OKING, AUGust 15 (MExN): L P Lüshing Khiamniungan, Naga National Worker, NNC, expressed displeasure against the political propaganda and sectarian politics being played by some Naga leaders today.
Stating that “in 1950s our leaders led by AZ Phizo had foreseen the political situation of Nagaland today and thus adopted a national law (Lakhuti Resolution) on April 27, 1955,” he decided that through this the next Naga generation would judge the Naga leaders of today as either patriot or traitor.
According to him, earlier, “since the Nagas had been fighting against the aggressor India, there was no room to play sectarian politics in the Naga national affairs, but united in one accord under the banner of the Naga National Council (NNC) and fought against the enemy. However, after 1980 through Muivah and Isak the Indian leaders sowed the seeds of sectarianism in order to divide the Naga national workers into sections and groups. Henceforth, some self-centered and selfish Naga leaders are playing sectarian political games for their own benefits. They all use the same political propaganda of Muivah and Isak.”
L P Lüshing Khiamniungan further stated that it was a known fact “that in 1980, Tangkhul and Sema leaders started to play sectarian politics against the NNC and FGN and after the demise of our great leader AZ Phizo some of Angami leaders rose up to play sectarian politics in 1990s by attempting to divide the NNC. They used the leadership of Lotha, Rengma and Ao. And now after 2005, some of Chakhesang leaders rose up again to play such sectarian politics attempting to divide the NNC and FGN by using Khiamniungan leadership. They adopted the political propaganda of Muivah-Isak and opposing Kohima Transit Peace Camp saying that Peace Camp is byproduct of Shillong Accord.” He added that they had “knowingly adopted the policy of Th. Muivah to tell lies in order to deceive the innocent and ignorant Nagas like Khiamniungan people.”
While stating that the Khiamniungan leaders “never accepted the mischievous policy of Muivah in the 1980s, and again rejected some of the Angami leaders who tried to mislead them in the 1990s,” they further rejected the misleading political propaganda of a Chakhesang leader in June 2006, asking him “If you are opposing Kohima Transit Peace Camp as byproduct of Shillong Accord, why didn’t you follow Muivah and Isak since 1980?”
Now, he added, the powerful sectarian leaders Muivah and Isak were heading to accept a political status within the Indian Union and talking of economic package. Konyak and Heimi people now regretted their misdeeds as they were misled by Muivah and Isak. Also Angami sectarian leaders became silent. At such juncture, some of Chakhesang leaders are rising up again to play sectarian political game. But they can never mislead Chakhesang people in particular and Nagas in general, Lüshing Khiamniungan averred, “because the Nagas have experienced much in the past 25 years and fed up with the sectarianism.”
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