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‘Naga future should be based on 1951 Plebiscite’

DIMAPUR, AUGUST 7 (MExN): The Federal Government of Nagaland has through its Ministry of Rali Wali (MIP) stated that reconciliation of the Naga political groups is a necessity for the political existence and future of the Naga people as a nation. “No matter how hard, tedious and challenging, we remain committed to reconcile on the basis of the historical and political rights of the Nagas”, stated a press note issued by the NNC/FGN under Kedahge Brig (Retd) S Singnya.

It pointed out that in order to be reconciled, “the political groups need to trust one another and should be willing to understand each other and work towards for our common cause”. The NNC/FGN stated that it was steadfast to the Naga Reconciliation process and that it stood by the Resolutions of the Naga Reconciliation Meeting held in Dimapur, on February 29, 2012.

Also stating that the “freedom to decide our own future without any external interference has been the basic tenet of Naga life”, the NNC/FGN pointed out that it “remains committed to the Sovereign right of the Naga people”. “We affirm that the Naga Declaration of Independence in 1947 and the Naga Voluntary Plebiscite is the foundation on which the Naga future should be decided”, it stated.

It also stated that “Naga people have been engaged in a struggle for our political existence and survival as a nation for many generations” and that in “the course of our struggle, every now and then, the Naga people’s will and determination has been tested and tried; but never has it been defeated”. “The present context is another one such instance”, it stated.


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