Newmai News Network
Senapati | August 31
“Nagalim is not the gift of any Maharajah or of any colonialist power, but God’s gift to the Nagas. Land and people to the Nagas are inseparable. We have every right to defend them at all cost. The wishes of the Nagas to be under one administrative roof is the legitimate birth right and no power on earth will stop it. We do not oppose the historical aspirations of all communities if and when they desire to rule themselves and express themselves through decision for any of their communities living in any part of the world,” declared the United Naga Council (UNC) while responding to the various political parties based in Manipur in the wake of Nagaland Pradesh Congress Committee (NPCC)’s decision to urge upon the Government of India for the integration of all the contiguous Naga areas.
Information and publicity secretary of the United Naga Council S. Milan appealed to all right thinking citizens to reason together on the “uniqueness of Nagalim that the present Naga areas separated by artificial boundaries are all contiguous, share common traditional laws and customs, and only the Nagas live in Nagalim except for recent development”.
The UNC asserted that no one will lose nothing by Naga unification “because we do not claim an inch of land that belongs to others. Nagas are one and therefore one should not wonder for any development making headways towards Naga unification.”
The Naga body then suggested that it is the right time to support one another in the process of building history on land and the people saying that the Nagas will honour the history of all communities big or small but not to man-made artificially, done without the knowledge and concerns of the Nagas.
The UNC hailed the annual General Session of the Nagaland Pradesh Congress Committee (NPCC) held at the Congress Bhavan, Kohima for adopting a “bold resolution to urge the Government of India on Naga integration which had remained illusive and unfulfilled for the last 47 years.”
The UNC cautioned everyone not to hamper the “nation building process of united Nagalim”. The Naga body then expressed its appreciation to the Naga legislatures for their common stand on Naga political issue. “Parties and leaders may come and go but Naga history will never perish. The Nagas will fight till the cherished dream is achieved,” commented the United Naga Council.
