DIMAPUR, OCTOBER 17 (MExN): The Naga National Council (NNC) has stated its commitment to Naga “national” unity expressing that it is essential for achievement of Naga people’s “national goal”. “Therefore, in the name of our Nation the NNC call on all political parties to come together in our urgent hour of need so that, armed with a new vigour and a united stance, the Nagas can forge ahead in the International arena for a final settlement of sixty years of political conflict”, stated “Gen. (Retd)” I. Panger Walling, president of the NNC (Panger) on “National Martyrs’ Day” observed on October 18.
In this regard, the NNC appealed to both the NSCNs to withdraw the cease-fires with Government of India (GoI) pointing out that “these cease-fires of many years have no meaning unless there is concrete political settlement”. Lamenting on the frequent killings amongst the factions, the statement cautioned that the very policy of the GoI “is to finish the Naga people with her wicked policy of “divide and destroy” instead of solving the very core issue of political problem between Nagaland and India”. “Therefore, I in the name of the martyrs appeal to all the factions to come together to form a common political platform to overcome the very policy of this wicked policy of India and put forward our political problem to the international arena and in particular to the United Nations for settlement since they are concerned for this longest political problem”, Panger stated while reminding that the GoI “will never solve the political problem with any factions or of that with the Nagas as a whole unless this is internationalized with our clear cut political stand of the Nagas in the International arena”.
“Today the NNC must say once again that the GoI can never be trusted in ceasefire and political dialogue for permanent peace and settlement of political issue and human problem”.
The NNC has also cautioned people of Nagaland with regard to “utterances of political matter of seriousness especially regarding the very political stand of the Nagas”. “We should not confuse ourselves as well as confuse the outside World who stand for the Nagas. We should not, also draw immediate conclusion or take immediate step in political matter especially in representation without knowing fully well the actual political stand of the Nagas. This will be another political blunder to belittle the actual political stand for the Nagas as a people and Nation fighting for the very recognition of Naga Independence of 14th August 1947 declaration acknowledged by the United Nations as well as the Plebiscite (Referendum) of 1951 on 16th May”, it stated.
The statement also demanded from the GoI to withdraw her huge Armies stationed in Nagaland while also taking a firm stand “on the Free Eastern Nagaland as a clear cut political right of the Nagas”. “Therefore, the Naga people should be very cautious in political matter of expression and representation”, it reiterated.
The statement also expressed the opinion that “Nagas are indeed indigenous people of the land”. It however pointed out that “drawing immediate conclusion based on indigenous by certain section of the people does not project the right political status of the Nagas” adding that “the Nagas have been fighting for recognition as a people and Nation, but not demanding self-determination as indigenous”. “We should not belittle our political rights and ourselves as a people and Nation now since we the Nagas have been fighting and maintaining our high political status for the last sixty years”, the statement maintained adding that “The Naga political history will remain as it is forever” and that “It will be only a curse and doom for those who try to undo and change the political rights and history of Nagas which is made and done with thousands and thousands of precious lives of the Nagas in particular”.
Panger’s statement further warned any Naga political factions who compromises on the official declaration of sovereignty made on August 14, 1947 and in the 1951 Plebiscite pointing out that “they betray all those who have sacrificed their lives for National freedom and that the blood of the martyrs will be upon them”.
The statement also pointed out that Nagas have suffered terribly in the hands of India and Myanmar and that the NNC was “prepared to face more till the aggressors India and Myanmar go away from our Homeland”. The NNC (Panger) likewise lamented that when the Nagas were waging the war of liberation for decades, the United Nations, as the World body never came forward to save the Nagas in the past thereby forcing the Nagas to face many setbacks. “But, in the recent past the United Nations have shown their concern for the people of this part of the World. Therefore, the NNC in particular appeal to the World Body to come forward fully to intervene in the political conflict of sixty years”.
The statement pointed out that the NNC had full faith and conviction that “we will surely become free from the aggressors” and that “with this faith and conviction, many of our patriots are still holding their arms to take their stand to face any eventualities to come”. “So the NNC as the parent body and common heritage of all the Nagas welcome this call and stand to oppose aggressors India and Myanmar as responsible for such events again”.
On the occasion of the Naga National Martyr’s Day and in remembrance of all those Nagas who sacrificed their blood for freedom, the statement saluted all the Naga martyrs’ who sacrificed their precious lives for the Naga Sovereignty on this National Martyr’s Day. Panger also appealed to all the Nagas to join in paying tribute to all those who have sacrificed their lives for the liberation of Nagaland. “Today, I must say that just because of our living God and His purpose on the Nagas, we could survive as a people and Nation politically amidst our enemies’ design for annihilation of the Naga Race and politics in particular. The NNC must reiterate that this is an undisputable fact that a race or Nation can never be taken as another race or Nation under forceful occupation”.
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