Mokokchung, July 14 (MTNews): The NSCN (IM) has said today that, in retrospection of the Naga history, it is vividly seen that the Nagas were not always free from being used by the “outside invaders in their devilish schemes to contain the Nagas” and added that history is being repeated.
Alluding the formation of NNPGs as a repeat of history, the Wancho Region and Pangmi Region of the group in a joint statement issued on Thursday alleged that the main objective of the NNPGs was to create havoc among the Nagas engineered by the Indians using the Nagas and usurp the Framework Agreement signed between the Government of India and the NSCN (IM). “Without an iota of doubt the Agreed Position of the NNPGs is nothing more than the 16 Point Agreement of 1960 which was outrightly rejected by the Nagas at large,” the joint statement read.
The joint statement also said that it was “very amusing” why some Naga leaders from Arunachal Pradesh who wanted to know the factual status of the Indo-Naga political talks were stopped from reaching Hebron on the 29th June and July 9. “However, many Naga civil society organizations (CSOs) from Tirap, Changlang and Longding of Arunachal Pradesh were able to attend the meeting to have fruitful interactions at Hebron Camp,” it added.
The joint statement went on to say that the CSOs with clear political consciousness affirmed by raising hands that they fully support the Framework Agreement as it covered not only the present Nagaland state but also all the Nagas of the India occupied Naga territories in present Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur and even Myanmar.
“Therefore, the Naga CSOs of Tirap, Changlang and Longding (TCL) appealed to both the Government of India and the NSCN leadership to bring out the Naga political settlement based on the Framework Agreement at the earliest possible time in the best interest of both the two entities,” it concluded.