Don't deviate from FA: NSCN (IM)
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, June 11 2021:
Given the formation of a core committee by the Nagaland State Government on Naga political issue, the NSCN/GPRN has put on record that the much talked about Framework Agreement (FA) is not something that was signed in a hurry but a result of a well thought out proposal from the Government of India (GoI) when the Indo-Naga political talks faced deadlock-like situation.
The Indian and Naga leaders took their respective stands with no meeting point when the talk touched on the core issue of solution within Indian Constitution (Indian stand) and outside the Indian Constitution (Naga stand), said a press release issued by NSCN/GPRN.
Saying that the Government of India proposed the Framework Agreement as a formula of a win-win solution, NSCN (IM) said that the talks had revolved around the FA with both the parties cautiously taking care not to allow either side to take strategic advantage or deviation from FA.
NSCN would welcome the formation of Core Committee as long as there is no attempt to dilute the spirit and substance of the Framework Agreement as mutually agreed upon by both the Government of India and National Socialist Council of Nagalim (NSCN) as the final basis for Naga political solution, it said and added that 'foot-in-mouth' syndrome identified with the BJP unit in Nagaland, however, is already giving the Core Committee a bad picture before the work takes off.
Continuing that no such committee is expected to bear fruits if historical reality is not taken into account, the NSCN/GPRN maintained that the BJP must make its stand very clear.
"It is high time the BJP makes its stand very clear if it takes cognizance of the Naga National movement with reference to the declaration of the Naga Independence on 14th August, 1947 and the Naga Plebiscite on 16th May, 1951," the statement said.
The NSCN/GPRN asserted that the two events constitute the most important landmarks in the Naga National movement and it is with the UNO (United Nations Organization) .
The Naga people went through horrendous violations of human rights at the hands of the Indian security forces, the group said, claiming that more than two lakhs Nagas lost their lives, besides destruction of properties, in the hands of the Indian security forces throughout Nagalim.
Stating that the BJP should make its stand very clear, either to admit these factual accounts of history or deny it, the NSCN/GPRN maintained that the suffering of the Nagas at the hands of the Indian occupational forces are well documented for posterity to judge.
"Ironically, the Indo-Naga political history is marked by 'bloody' blunder by not consulting the main stakeholders (freedom fighters).
This is to point out that Core Committee members should not overrate themselves or outdo its role at the cost of destroying the Naga political identity that NSCN has robustly protected throughout the two decades of talk with the Government of India," the statement continued.
Charging that some Naga intellectuals, political and public leaders projecting Naga history incorrectly is confusing the masses, the group cautioned them to exercise restraint lest Naga political history is distorted or manipulated.
"NSCN would be watchful of any traitorous approach to the Naga political issue that has been painstakingly guarded and taken this far at the cost of blood, sweat and tears," the group added.
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