DIMAPUR, JUNE 2 (MExN): The NSCN (IM) today stated that the Framework Agreement has “restored” the sovereign rights of the Nagas, and claimed that “after decades of prolonged selfless struggles, Sovereignty has dawned upon the Nagas.”
A press note from the MIP of the NSCN (IM) said that credit for this “historic achievement goes to the different Naga mass based organizations, Civil Societies, Tribal Organizations, Churches and the scores of individuals who had relentlessly and fearlessly worked for the last many decades for Nagas common cause.”
It further stated that a road map towards a developed bright future along with India will create larger opportunities especially for the younger Naga generations. The “acceptance to have shared sovereignty,” the NSCN (IM) stated, would “take the Nagas much further forward along with the advancement pace of great India…”
It meanwhile cautioned against the emergence of “…treacherous game plans to sabotage and undo what has been collectively achieved by the Nagas.” “The Nagas and the future generations should not be doomed by their schemes of vested interests which are totally against the Nagas national interests,” the NSCN (IM) said.
While stating that Nagas are of one Nation and that the GoI cannot provide “numerous solutions in piece meals for the Nagas,” the NSCN (IM) said it would be “suicidal to make attempts to highjack the Indo-Naga political talks at this final stage by those people who still worship the treacherous and deceitful Accords and Agreements of the past decades.”
It further informed that the NSCN (IM) has kept its door “wide open all along as the ongoing political negotiations progresses to find a final settlement…” and appealed to the people to “continue with your unflinching support towards the political negotiations to reach the final solution in the common interest of the Nagas and Naga Nation.”
NSCN (IM) states Steering Committee member killed
DIMAPUR, JUNE 2 (MExN): Steering Committee member of the NSCN (IM), Khailun Haokip has been killed, according to a press release issued by the NSCN (IM)’s MIP.
It alleged that Haokip was “kidnapped by the KNF (N) at Shijang Kuki village,” subsequent to which the NSCN (IM) appealed for his immediate release. “But the appeal of NSCN and the civil societies from Nagas and Kuki communities were not even respected. Subsequently he was tortured and killed in cold blood,” the NSCN (IM) stated.
It meanwhile said that the murder would be “befittingly responded.” Haokip, Steering Committee Member, NSCN/GPRN of KTU was enrolled on March 18, 2008 and served in certain capacities. “True to his dedication, he was trustworthy and unswerving compatriot to the sacred cause. He was a man of untiring courage with staunch nationalism in all his duty to the nation. The void created by his loss will be difficult to fill in times to come, which is not only a loss to the family and Kuki community alone but also to the Nagas in general,” the NSCN (IM) said. It conveyed condolences to the bereaved family and also appreciated both Naga and Kuki civil society organisations that helped in retrieving the deceased’s body.
