Newmai News Network
Senapati | June 14
United Naga Council (UNC) has appealed Nagas under its jurisdiction to have “special prayers” on June 18 for the settlement of the “Indo-Naga political issue at the earliest”. “We appeal the Naga people to offer “special prayers” on June 18 at their convenient time and place,” UNC said in a statement on Sunday.
The UNC statement then said that the Naga political struggle for self determination has been going on for a long time now. “In between, countless arms conflicts had taken place with both the conflicting parties have suffered heavy losses,” the statement said, adding, “A large number of people including innocent civilians have lost their lives”.
According to the UNC statement, in order to settle the political issue, “Indo-Naga ceasefire” came into effect on August 1, 1997, and since then, and after so many political negotiations, the historic Indo-Naga Framework Agreement was signed on August 3, 2015”.
Meanwhile, the UNC expressed its concern on the prevailing COVID-19 pandemic situation. For this, the UNC statement has appealed to the Nagas to pray for the early containment of the disease. It also appealed to the Naga people to pray for administrators, health workers and other frontline workers and also for people who are directly or indirectly combating the pandemic.
