NSCN (IM) vows to fight against divisive policies
Source: Hueiyen News Service / NNN
Dimapur, July 09 2015 :
NSCN (IM) has reaffirmed its objective to "zealously safeguard against violent elements to undermine political legitimacy that has long sustained a conflict such as the Indo-Naga case." This was informed through a press release issued by the outfit on Thursday.
"Any intruding administrative demarcations over the lands of the Naga people wherever they are today should never be allowed to decide the fate of the Nagas.
We must fully claim what is ours.
We do not covet others'."Imposed boundaries that severely affect the Nagas where they are today as minorities and exploited can never be the criteria for negotiation; neither any race nor usurped system can rewrite the history of the Naga people to assume sanctity of their convenience to which the Naga people have undeservingly served to suffer for such long time," it stated.The NSCN (IM) said that it would fight "tooth and nail any diabolic policies being employed by states where Nagas are in minority." As such, it said, policies of deliberate land grabbing administrative mechanism at work in the state like Manipur and Assam must cease immediately."Influx of outsiders in NC Hills and Naga Rengma Hills in Assam, population transfer of Bangladeshi, Biharis etc.
in Naga areas of Assam and in Nagaland bordering Assam is nothing but to destabilize indigenous Naga population and create dumping zone of non Nagas in Naga territory.
"Moreh in Chandel district has been forcefully occupied by non Nagas.
Yangpokpi areas and many other Tangkhul villages have been included into Imphal police districts designed to expand Meitei territory.
4-tier management of "New land use policy" propounded by Manipur state government, all in the name of development is symptomatic of manufactured policy forwarded to interfere with indigenous land holding tradition and village republicanism directly impeding old age governance over Naga ancestral habitats," the statement read.The outfit also stated that the deployment of "massive military population in a small district like Tamenglong" was indicative of land grabbing policy.
"Despite the numerous security forces stationed, many illegal fronts antagonist to Naga unity and political movement are being allowed to roam freely, establish camps and flourish.
Creation of Sadar Hills district by carving out of Senapati district in Manipur are another open instance of usurping Naga territory by instigating communal rivalry with other tribal inhabitants."Even the government of Arunachal Pradesh needs to be cautious while dealing with the issue of Naga Identity, it warned.
"The ongoing effort to dilute and delete the word "Naga" from the five Naga tribes i.e Nocte, Ollo, Tangsa, Tutsa and Wangcho which occupies the three Naga district of Tirap, Changlang and Longding is seriously viewed and stand unacceptable" .
It stated that the political rights of the Naga as a free people have been "incorruptibly established all along this lengthened peace process" between the Government of India and the NSCN (IM) .
"Recognition of the truth as it is, therefore, never interferes with self-centered interests of states that came into existence without informed consent and acceptance of the Naga people."It appealed all "Naga civil societies, students and intellectuals" not to remain silent but fight against "this naked attempt to steal our land and identity by our neighbours" .