Gen Khole for new era of amity and reconciliation

 

DIMAPUR, NOVEMBER 22 (MExN): Commander-in-chief of Naga Army, ‘GPRN/NSCN’, ‘Gen’ Khole Konyak has said that Nagas have to learn that it is internecine and fratricidal killings and struggle among various Naga tribes which are destroying “our very freedom” and demeaning the ethos and true spirit of “nationalism” and patriotism.”
The veteran ‘General’, who has served in the Naga Army for fifty four years, in his message on the occasion of the 2nd anniversary celebration of Naga Unification at Khehoi Camp, also asked whether Nagas should continue killing each other or unite. ‘Gen’ Khole in his message, which was read out by the joint secretary (Law & Justice) of ‘GPRN/NSCN’, James Khole, said that beginning with the Naga freedom struggle, Nagas have sold their “pride of honesty” by killing each other resulting in the “most unfortunate political misfortunes” for Nagas.
“Our wounds might have been healed but the scars remain and it continues to haunt us; for this we are here to erase the past mistakes and usher in a new era of amity and reconciliation…I would like to make it clear to the new generation that past history of our struggle was corrupted with doubts and wrong concepts of confusions among us,” Khole said.
Referring to the much talked about peace, he said, “To talk of peace is an unsolved problem because we never accept to talk within ourselves; rather we talk for peace outside. First step is peace and unity within our own people and second step is the political solutions.” Khole also said that though Nagas have spent crores of rupees in the name of peace, it remained elusive as Nagas have wrongly placed peace “towards” violence by killing and claiming superiority through the blood of their own brothers and sisters.
“The first essential is the maintenance of unity and not merely political unity. When we reject unity among us, the alternative would be war and mutual destruction and our dreams can never be fulfilled. So peace and unity should be there in our hearts to love and be loved and through emotional integration. It is the temper of peace and unity, not the temper of war among us,” he added.
The ‘GPRN/NSCN’ leader called upon the Nagas to look forward to a greater cause leaving all mistakes before and not to be influenced by wrong interpretations of what happened yesterday. “Let us not leave the divided Nagas unsolved to the new generation but live as one unified Naga. Take my message of peace and unity and tell our people that we will solve our problem not by blood, but through emotional unity,” the general appealed.