Source: The Sangai Express / Newmai News Network
Dimapur, November 02:
The NSCN-IM's grass-roots level awareness campaign is in full swing in Naga inhabited areas for the last many weeks.
One of NSCN-IM's key figures and Kilo-kilonser (home minister) Rh Raising informed Newmai News Network today in Dimapur that its been one month now that the awareness campaign has been going on in Nagalim.
Elucidating purpose of the campaign, the Kilonser said Naga intellectuals and leaders understand the latest position and development of the ongoing peace process between the Nagas and the government of India but majority of the Nagas are ignorant about what had been the real issue.
Well known for his diplomatic skill and level headedness, Rh Raising said "the people that is, the Naga polulace should know what is what and the issues before us".
The outfit's leader further said that through the ongoing campaign the common Naga populace should understand "Nagas' real issues." When asked about the much hyped ULFA and the government of India's proposed talk and whether that talk, if happens, will overshadow the IM-GOI dialogues, Rh Raising said that the issues of the ULFA and the Nagas are quite different.
The NSCN-IM home minister analytically stated that the nature of the proposed ULFA talk with the GOI should be first understood as to what ground they might hold the dialogue.
"You see, the ongoing Naga talk is based on the unique history of the Nagas and ours is a political issue.
We Nagas are never a part of the Indian union � we are never Indians and cannot be Indians but I do not know whether ULFA thinks Assam is part of India or for that matter, I do not know what the ULFA situation is or even I do not know whether the Assam problem is that of law and order issue," elaborated Raising.
Interestingly, Nagaland chief minister Neiphiu Rio has triggered a debate on the issue recently.