Nagaland Gaon Bura Federation (NGBF) has appealed to President Ram Nath Kovind to immediately withdraw Armed Forced Special Powers Act (AFSPA) both from the State and the Northeast.
In a memorandum to the President, NGBF president Sahlem Konyak and general secretary Shikuto Zalipu expressed pain at the perpetual suffering of people owing to the \u201cundemocratic, torturous and venomous\u201d law in Nagaland since 1958.
When the world saw India as the largest and greatest democracy with profound Gandhian principles, they asked why should Nagaland continue to be under such a barbaric and inhuman law. They further wanted to know if Nagaland was really an integral part of the Indian democratic system and a beneficiary of the provisions of the constitution, and whether it was morally right to nullify the right to life of Nagas in Nagaland under the draconian AFSPA.
Claiming that lives of thousands of innocent Nagas had been extinguished in the past 65 years, which was too painful, they asked how long this must go on.
Aware of the immunity assured by AFSPA, the NGBF leaders observed that killing of innocent Naga men, women and children drove Nagas further away from the world\u2019s largest democracy. They pointed out that Indian Armed Forces have, more often than not, exhibited cowardice and not heroism or patriotism in Nagaland.
With the long-pending unresolved Indo-Naga issue now on the table for early solution, they urged the President to give personal attention to find why and who in the Armed Forces decided to first ambush and slay six unarmed Konyak Naga daily wagers and another eight in the panicky situation that followed later in the evening of December 4 in Mon district. The memorandum stated that post the tragedy the most unfortunate and dishonourable statement came from Union home minister Amit Shah in Parliament wherein he expressed regret, but misled the members with factually incorrect details while narrating the sequence of events. Through the President, Sahlem and Shikuto appealed to Shah to retract his statement to restore his good image.
They also pointed out that Government of India and Naga armed groups had officially concluded political negotiations on October 31, 2019 and claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had assured them many times that an honourable and acceptable political solution would be ensured. Hence, they urged Kovind to herald an enduring peace between government of India and the Nagas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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