Honourable Sir,
Under your dynamic leadership, the political negotiations on the Naga Political Issue was intensified since your party took the reign of governance of the great country, India from 2014 onward. As of today, the Naga political negotiations between the Gol and the Naga political negotiators is a story of 26 years running. During these years, whatever the Civil Society Organizations (CSOs), the Non-governmental Organizations (NGOs), the Tribal bodies and the Church had to do in its facilitation for expeditious resolution on the issue was accomplished. And in the same pursuance, these bodies had sufficiently submitted memorandums after memorandums to you, urging you, to resolve it decisively since the people of Nagaland are ready to welcome it and own it.
Nevertheless, in the wisdom of the Gol, it is considered that non-resolution of the Naga Political Issue is the better option for the ruling party in particular and for the country in general. When the Framework Agreement was signed between the Gol and the NSCN(IM) on 3rd August, 2015, the GoI delightedly publicised its achievement internationally in haste as though everything was settled and subsequently, the Gol signed an agreed position with the Working Committee of NNPGs on 17th November, 2017. The Nagas were given false promise that the political issue would be resolved within 18 months’ time which became a damp squib. During 2018 State Assembly election, the BJP pacified the Nagaland citizens with the famously infamous maxim Election for Solution’ which remains to be a mere jocularity.
Whereas, based on the principles of Agreed position and Framework agreement, the Gol and the Naga negotiators could overcome all the impediments and contours by exhaustively and mutually completed the process of negotiations on 31st October, 2019 giving a high hope to the people that true peace is finally ready for inking and implementation.
Whereas, since the sole power to give the final call to the Naga negotiators to sign the agreement with the GoI lies with the latter, the political solution was considered secondary despite all those 26 years of political investments, and thus parked the Naga Political Issue at a forlorn location. Undermining the plight and the sufferings of the citizens of Nagaland under the weight of elongated political negotiations by the Gol is discriminous to the very existence of the people of Nagaland.
Whereas, once again the Gol is trying to woo the voters in Nagaland with the same old promise that the Naga Political Issue would be resolved soon post elections in the ongoing State Assembly elections. Quote: Our aim is to make peace talks successful and solve Naga political problem quickly.” Unquote as appeared in local papers on 21st and 22nd February, 2023 respectively. Such promise is from no other than the Union Home Minister Sri. Amit Shah during his campaign for NDPP-BJP alliance in Mon and Tuensang on 20th & 21st February, 2023 respectively. It is indeed disheartening to observe that the political negotiations are being soft-peddled and keep it alive by Gol so as to use it as a political plank and fishing bait after every 5 years.
The very attitude, the double talk and such political rhetoric are nothing but rubbing salt to the injury.
The ground was ripe and ready for reception of the political solution at the very fag end of the 13th House of NLA. Whereas, that chance was allowed to lapse, and now how and with what mechanism at its disposal, the Gol is again trying to brainwash the voters with the promise that the issue would be resolved soon post elections.
The NPAC calls upon the benign authority to prevail and be honest to the people of Nagaland as to how exactly the Gol is treating the Naga political negotiations. We urge the Honourable PM to tell us the truth and not the reiteration of rhetoric. Indeed, the time is overdue for the GoI to make it either successful or end the matter in a failure but not the inconclusive business as the time has come for the Nagas to know what lies in our future.
Dimapur, the 23rd of February, 2023
(Theja Therieh)
Convenor, NPAC
(Shikuto Zalipu)
Co-Convenor, NPAC
(Khondao Ngullie)
Secretary, NPAC
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