{"id":114340,"date":"2016-02-24T01:00:56","date_gmt":"2016-02-24T01:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/151.106.38.4\/2016\/02\/24\/5-nnpgs-joint-statement-on-naga-issue\/"},"modified":"2016-02-24T01:00:56","modified_gmt":"2016-02-24T01:00:56","slug":"5-nnpgs-joint-statement-on-naga-issue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/2016\/02\/24\/5-nnpgs-joint-statement-on-naga-issue\/","title":{"rendered":"5 NNPGs joint statement on Naga issue"},"content":{"rendered":"

Says, exclude \u2018Nagaland and its people while creating Nagalim\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n

Five Naga National Political Groups (NNPGs) including GPRN\/NSCN (Khole\/Kitovi), NNC\/FGN (S. Singya\/Zhopra Vero), NNC (Z. Royim\/V. Nagi), NNC (Kiumukam\/Hangping), NNC (Temjen Yanger\/Hozheto) have issued a joint statement affirming exclusion of \u201cNagaland and its people while creating Nagalim.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n
Following a joint meeting of representatives of five groups at Hotel Acacia here Tuesday, the joint statement was issued making their stand clear and to uphold and safeguard the sanctity of the Naga political right. The joint statement was signed by envoy to collective leadership GPRN\/NSCN-Alezo Venuh; NPAC, GPRN\/NSCN convenor-Hothrong Yimchungru; NNC vice president-Thupushuyi S Keyho; FGN (S. Singnya\/Zhopra Vero) kilo kilonser-P. Puthai Lam; NNC (Royim\/Nagi) general secretary-V. Nagi; Lotha regional council NNC (Royim\/Nagi) president-Yilow Lotha; NNC N\/A (Kiumukum\/Hangping) president-Kiumukum Yimchungru; NNC N\/A (Kiumukum\/Hangping) general secretary-Hangping Zeliang; NNC N\/A (Temjen\/Hozheto) president-Temjenyanger Aier and NNC N\/A (Temjen\/Hozheto) general secretary-Hozheto Chophi.<\/div>\n
The signatories stated that Naga nationalism movement was originally the movement of the Naga people, for the people and by the people with a single vision which was \u2018Sovereign Naga Nation\u2019.<\/div>\n
The signatories asserted that they upheld the Naga plebiscite conducted on May 16, 1951, which they said was the truth of Naga national movement. \u201cAs such, no individual or group has the right to make any political treaty or agreement without the consent of the Naga people,\u201d they said, adding that the error of Naga People\u2019s Convention (NPC) should not be repeated to further divide the people, their territory and their aspiration to live together as free people.<\/div>\n
They said it was in recognition of the above mentioned historical truth and desire of the people that the FNR had come up with slogans and concepts such as, \u2018Journey of Common Hope\u2019, \u2018Nagas are One\u2019, \u2018Naga National Government\u2019, etc. to reconcile and unite different NPGs. As a result, they said important agreements and covenants have been reached amongst the NPGs with the full support and blessings of the people.<\/div>\n
Therefore, the five NNPGs maintained that any individuals and groups who either failed to uphold or work against those political principles and commitments \u201cought to be declared as traitors and anti-Nagas\u201d.<\/div>\n
The groups statement said instead of seeking the will of the people through consultations and deliberations, or instead of finding a political space to discourse and consult the NNPGs for seeking a political solution, or instead of seeking clarity and transparency of the Framework Agreement that may decide the future of the Naga people, they (NSCN I-M) were \u201cignorantly and unabashedly trying to seek the support of Indian political leaders.\u201d<\/div>\n
NNPGs also demanded that Parliamentary Working Committee (PWC) of the 12th NLA clarify to the people of Nagaland four points: 1) whether terms of the agreement were available to them. 2) Who endorsed them to take the name of stakeholders when no consultations were initiated at any level. 3) Clearly define how the agreement was going to benefit the people of Nagaland. 4) How the agreement with NSCN (I-M) was going to bring the final solution to the Indo-Naga political problem without the knowledge of the people.<\/div>\n
The signatories stated that to blindly propagate the August 3, 2015 Framework Agreement was \u201can intrusion to the Naga national question unequipped and ill prepared. This, they said pointed to \u201cinvesting for their personal interests at the cost of national interest.\u201d<\/div>\n
In the light of the above, the signatories said they questioned the wisdom of PWC of the JLF of NLA led by Nagaland state chief minister and the speaker.<\/div>\n
Condemning, what they called \u201cthe activities of the PWC\u201d, the signatories said they interpreted the initiative as anti-thesis to the PWC aims and objectives, \u201ca sell-out their own principle.\u201d They cautioned that should there be a fallout from \u201ctheir sinister campaign, it shall be their own earned responsibility.\u201d<\/div>\n
They expressed their belief that the rights of the Naga people and the reason of \u201cour national movement\u201d were \u201cnot unknown to the Indian state\u201d.<\/div>\n
Therefore, the groups strongly appealed to the \u201cconscience of India to show political maturity in handling the Indo-Naga issue, one that is befitting a growing power the world had come to recognise\u201d instead of using state machineries and resources to violently oppress the rights and aspirations of the Naga people.<\/div>\n
NNPGs stated that the aspiration of the Naga people \u201cas expressed in the history of our national movement\u201d should be respected and corrective measures taken accordingly to ensure that (1) no divisive or oppressive policies will be initiated from within or without to repeat the tragic errors of the past and (2) any promise and agreement on its part at any point of time be honoured both in spirit and letter.<\/div>\n
In the context, the joint statement expressed hope that the government of India would not retract its stand to bring into the negotiating table all the stakeholders so as to find a timely solution that was honourable and acceptable.<\/div>\n
The signatories underlined that the Naga people would never accept any solution without their consent and they were prepared to continue their struggle to uphold the aspiration of the people.<\/div>\n
The meeting was attended by leaders of the five NPGs and national workers and the joint statement was passed by show of hands by the \u201cnational workers.\u201d The meeting ended with a mass prayer.<\/div>\n
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Says, exclude \u2018Nagaland and its people while creating Nagalim\u2019 Five Naga National Political Groups (NNPGs) including GPRN\/NSCN (Khole\/Kitovi), NNC\/FGN (S. Singya\/Zhopra Vero), NNC (Z. Royim\/V. Nagi), NNC (Kiumukam\/Hangping), NNC (Temjen Yanger\/Hozheto) have issued a joint statement affirming exclusion of \u201cNagaland and its people while creating Nagalim.\u201d Following a joint meeting of representatives of five groups […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[679],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-114340","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nagaland-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114340","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=114340"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114340\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=114340"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=114340"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=114340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}