WORKING COMMITTEE NAGA NATIONAL POLITICAL GROUPS (NNPGs)
INDEPENDENCE DAY SPEECH
All glory to Almighty God our sustainer, on this historic day we salute every Nagas across the length and breadth. We also pay tribute to the pioneer Nagas, the martyrs and every Naga soul who has given their everything to enable us to be where we are today.
On this solemn occasion the 79th Independence Day declaration, while celebrating our glorious past let us reminisce our century old journey of struggle, sacrifice and hope and also contemplate as to where we have gone astray.
Our aspiration for free, sovereign and independent Naga nationhood can only be realized by remedying our shortcomings, acknowledgement of our weaknesses, repentance before God and people we have wronged.
Self-righteousness, pride, arrogance and greed has blinded and shortened our vision spiritually, politically and ideologically as people and community.
Without political clarity and ideological integrity our struggle is only doomed to fail.
A Godless people can never prosper or succeed in her national mission of liberation. We must therefore prioritize spiritual insights in all our national political equation. We must remain steadfast and true to our solemn oath “Nagaland for Christ” in all our endeavor. So also, we cannot afford to progress as people in isolation or to limit ourselves to narrow confinements of our sole perceived rights in today’s interdependent globalized world.
While upholding our “historical and political rights” we must also sync ourselves with the dynamics of the modern geo-politics and fine tune our political strategies accordingly.
The Independence declaration will remain merely a declaration though not without significance unless we actualize it in reality with pragmatic political approach and consensus based solution.
Let us therefore transcend factional agendas or individual ambition but together as people determine our shared future.
“Kuknalim”
1. Gen(Retd.) MB Neokpao Convener
2. P.Tikhak Naga Working Convener
3. Alezo Venuh Co-Convener
4. Wangtin Naga Co-Convener
5. Puthai Lam Co-Convener
6. Col. (Retd) Isak Sumi Working Convener
7. Shehoto I. Yesca Co-Convener
8. Kiviho Zhimo Co-Convener
9. Kihoto Chophi Co-Convener
10. Kamson Associate Member
