Dear Naga people,
I on behalf of the Naga National Council in humility pay homage to all those who laid down their lives for the freedom of Nagaland on this solemn occasion of our Naga National Martyrs Day. I salute all those National workers who sacrificed their precious lives for the sovereignty of the Naga Homeland in solemn prayer to our living God Jesus Christ the saviour of the world.
The Naga people and the national workers in particular has suffered immensely from the time of British colonisation of India, and thereafter the invasion and occupation of the Naga homeland by the Government of India and Burma, this has led to a series of brutal suffering from generation to generation in the hands of the British, India and Burma (Myanmar) till date. The invasion and occupation started by the three nations is in total violation of human rights and international laws laid by the United Nations. And these were and are the biggest political tragedy and plight of the Naga people as a whole.
The first Naga martyr NNC judge Zasibito Naga was shot dead by the Indian Armed forces in 1952 and this brutal cycle of killing continues till today, the most recent and prominent being the Oting massacre in December 2021, which is a clear act of political and human rights violation by the Government of India and its Armed Forces.
But the blood and tears of the Naga people will never go in vain because our people’s destiny is from our living God, who has protected the Naga people for His Glory. May all the Nagas on this occasion of our National Martyrs’ Day rededicate ourselves to God and stand for the cause of the Naga Freedom of sovereignty.
The Naga people must uphold the destiny of our God given rights of freedom. The Nagas have stood and come this far and sacrificed immensely for the rightful freedom of our blessed Homeland. Therefore, I humbly appeal to all the Nagas to once again stand firmly for the cause of our freedom of sovereignty in toto to be recognised as a nation.
This appeal is to all the Naga people who live in the ancestral land of the Eastern (Saigan region) side of Nagaland, North (Arunachal) side of Nagaland, West (Assam) side of Nagaland, North (Arunachal) side of Nagaland and central Nagaland.
All the Naga people must raise our voice together as one voice and one Homeland to be recognised by other Nations of the world who stand for the Naga people. The Naga people are one with one Homeland from time immemorial, and our historical and political rights are one and crystal clear.
On this solemn occasion of our National Martyrs’ Day the NNC must tell all the National workers in particular and the Naga people as a whole to unite in reality to achieve our freedom of recognition.
Once again I salute all the Naga martyrs and long live the Naga people and Homeland.
KUKNALIM.
