Hebron camp\nStaff Reporter<\/p>\n
Hebron camp
\nStaff Reporter<\/p>\n
DIMAPUR, JAN 31 (NPN): Two factions of the NSCN \u2013 NSCN (I-M) and GPRN\/NSCN Sunday observed the 30th Raising Day at their designated camps Hebron and Khehoi respectively.
\nConvener, Steering Committee, Qhevihe Chishi Swu graced the occasion as the chief guest at Hebron. Various prominent NGOs including those from Haflong, Tirap and Changlang attended the celebration.
\nThe speech of Chairman, Isak Chishi Swu, which was read out by the chief guest, stated that the formation of the NSCN became inevitable after the people were \u2018orphaned by the demise of NNC\u2019 and asserted that the movement was based on truth.
\nThe NSCN was formed on January 31, 1980 with Tonyu as the council headquarters.
\nSwu lauded the efforts of the Forum for Naga Reconciliation (FNR) for their tireless efforts towards reconciling the various groups. He however said that since the reconciliation process was \u201chighly political\u201d it needed political approach. He affirmed that the NSCN would abide by the commitment made to the FNR.
\nSwu stated that the division of the Naga territories by British and subsequently by the government of India and Burma was the worst historical crime ever committed against the Nagas and called upon the Naga people to rectify the mistake and shape their future. \u201cThe political move of the long suppressed Naga people for integration is not only right but it is also a historical necessity\u201d he asserted. He said integration was a political one.
\nSwu flayed the leaders in Delhi for not hammering out a solution to the Naga problem and added that the Indian leaders might bluff the Nagas but not the issue.
\nNSCN (I-M) general secretary, Th. Muivah, whose speech was also read out by the chief guest, stated \u201cNaga nation existed, it exists and it will exist.\u201d
\nHe traced the formation of the NSCN after the NNC signed the Shillong Accord and terming it as \u201ca total sellout of national rights\u201d .
\nMuivah said the NSCN stood for principle based unity, peace and solution which should not be interpreted for rigidity and autocracy.
\nOn the issue of all the groups coming under one roof for the current peace process with government of India, Muivah said it was an \u2018anti-thesis\u2019 of the ongoing talks as two separate entities. Muivah said \u201cit is another form of \u2018unity first political next\u2019 as propagated by the adversaries of the Naga people.\u201d
\nHe if non-mandated group participated in the talks at the initiative of the union home ministry, it would only dilute what has been achieved in the talks at the level of the PM.
\nMuivah reiterated on integration of the Naga people under one political roof saying there was \u2018absolutely no other option.\u2019
\nRecounting 30 years of existence of the NSCN, emissary to the collective leadership \u201cLt. Gen (retd)\u201d V. S. Atem said that it was always the forgiving nature of the Naga people for the mistakes and excess committed by the NSCN that have helped them a lot. Atem recalled that they were in China when they heard about the Shillong Accord on the radio and pointed out that late Phizo was mum on the entire issue and did not give direction to them or the Naga people. \u201cNNC leader, they failed\u201d he stated. He also said that their chairman, Isak was told at gunpoint not to talk about the Shillong Accord.
\nAdmitting that there were some elements in their organization who were living on a luxurious lifestyle, Atem stated that the \u2018culture of Boleros and culture of Maruti\u2019 should be avoided at any cost.
\nEarlier, NSCN leader A. Z. Jami read out the speech of vice chairman Khodao Yanthan. Representatives from Naga Hoho, ENPO, ENSA, Chiefs Association (Tirap & Changlang), Nagaland Gurkha Association and Zeme Naga Council (Haflong) spokeat the programme.
\nKhehoi camp
\nIn Khehoi, special envoy to the collective leadership GPRN\/NSCN, Kughalu Mulatonu graced the programme held at the 2nd Brigade, Naga Army as the chief guest.
\nMulatonu, who read out the speech of GPRN\/NSCN chairman, S. S. Khaplang recalled the \u201ctriumphant day\u201d of January 31, 1980, five year after the Shillong Accord of 1975, when the Naga revolutionaries kept up their commitment and took pledge to continue the struggle against occupational forces thus leading to the formation of the NSCN.
\nKhaplang stated that the formation of the NSCN was necessitated as its predecessor, NNC, which was then the political umbrella of the Nagas tried to betray the Nagas with the signing of Shillong Accord. \u201cUnder such appalling political situation, the need of the hour was a force capable of uprooting the milestone of stigma and protect the Naga homeland,\u201d which was accomplished in 1980 with the formation of NSCN, he stated.
\nKhaplang urged every patriot to reaffirm the pledge and take up the \u201cnoblest yet imposing task of freeing ourselves from the yoke of myopia.\u201d
\nThe chairman said that the NSCN, in the pursuit for viable politics had spearheaded the concept and doctrine of unity and reconciliation to abstain from all negative politics.
\nKhaplang stated that the achievement of the FNR during the last two years, in association with various Naga frontal organizations were the brainchild of the NSCN\u2019s unification. He stated that the GPRN\/NSCN had boldly shouldered the national responsibility entrusted to it by the Naga people and that its support towards Naga unity and reconciliation, despite great setbacks, can be taken for granted.
\nStating that the political principle of the NSCN was to protect the sovereignty of the Nagas, Khaplang said it was the same political right which could give wings to the idea of a genuine Naga nationhood.
\n\u201cThe NSCN does not pretend to preach politics but it, once again, commits to the Nagas what it has committed on 31 January 1980, which is sovereignty,\u201d he stated.
\n\u201c\u2026our country, though not powerful, is never weak to submit to the occupational forces,\u201d the GPRN\/NSCN chairman added.
\nGPRN\/NSCN \u201ckilo kilonser,\u201d Azheto Chophy in his speech recalled how the Naga national movement was started in 1918, the formation of the NSCN in 1980 and the split in 1988 which took place due to the seeds of disunity sown by India. He said the nomenclatures such as NSCN (I-M), NSCN (K) etc were the creation of the media and Naga NGOs for use in publication to make people understand who was saying what. Otherwise, the Naga struggle is still the same, he added.
\nWith so much confusion owing to the existence of different Naga groups today, Azheto said the objective of observing raising day was to let people know that there is only one NSCN.
\nA silent prayer was observed in memory of those who lost their lives during the struggle for freedom since 1980. \u2018Kilonsers\u2019, \u2018tatars\u2019, secretaries, rank and file of the Naga Army etc attended the programme.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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