DIMAPUR, MAY 4 (MExN): “If the on-going negotiation with Government of India (GoI) fails, it is not only the loss or problem for NSCN or any individuals alone. It will be a tragedy for all Nagas whatever the differences in ideologies or principles we may have,” Gen (Rtd) Kholi said on Wednesday. In a message to the Naga people, Gen (Retd) Kholi said opportune moment is in the hand of the Nagas either to decide for a prosperous future or to repeat the bitter past.
“I say that our ambitious mind and greed should not rule us over to ruin and murder our political future. I am convinced and confident that every right thinking Naga citizens will not fail to act, admit and accept for an honorable and acceptable solution. I strongly believe the honorable political solution can only bring about the unity among the Nagas,” he voiced out.
Gen (Retd) Kholi also asserted that his ‘bold decision’ to join the NSCN (IM) under the leadership of Isak Swu, and Th. Muivah was only to “serve the purpose for all Nagas.”
“There was no other options left to blink but to safe-guard our historical rights, protect our territorial integrity from grave danger and to build people’s competence for future, that in unison to expedite the talk in unequivocal,” he said, while making an appeal the Naga people not to bear any ill will against his decision, “but to wisely think and contribute for the glorious moment where all Nagas can live together with harmony and prosperity.”
According to Gen (Retd) Kholi, his decision to move to NSCN (IM) was the only way to “prevent ourselves from conspiring against each other by deviating us from solving our difference but to reconcile mutually from our bitter past towards common future.”
