DIMAPUR, AUGUST 28 (MExN): The WC, NNPGs today said that the Nagaland Chief Minister “should not remain a prisoner in his own paradise.”
A press statement from the media cell of the WC, NNPGs stated that a “practical, transparent, honorable Indo-Naga political solution as elucidated in the negotiated Status Paper through the Agreed Position would ensure his political legacy.”
It added that the Nagaland CM “must know that history worships visionary political leaders only.” “Short term business leaders are not remembered beyond a generation. It demands a true leader of grit to differentiate between idealism and realism,” the NNPGs said, adding that they can “only hope that the incumbent Nagaland CM will leave a positive footprint for future generation Nagas.”
Meanwhile it stated that that “irrespective of factional affiliations, artificial boundary or ideologies, it is very clear that all Nagas are one by stock, race, early history and cultural identity.” However the NNPGs viewed that “in the interim, all Naga tribes and communities, be it in Myanmar, Nagaland, Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh and Assam must have clear-cut understanding and perspective towards necessary social, cultural, historical and geographical dynamics of different Naga tribes scattered into different states.”
“The existence of artificial boundaries and different political and administrative areas, at this point of our existence, is a fact. Manipulation and destruction of social bonding will end emotional brotherhood,” it stated.
It further questioned the NSCN (IM)’s opposition to the implementation of the Registry of Indigenous Inhabitants of Nagaland (RIIN) in the State. “It is as though they co-own the CM chair and most of Cabinet chairs. Who is running Nagaland State Government?” the NNPGs questioned. “Such intrusive statements destroy people to people bonding,” it said.
Further, the NNPGs expressed shock at the way in which the NSCN (IM) has treated the ‘Nagas Are Moving Ahead’ declaration which was signed by the the NSCN (IM) Chairman, Q Tuccu and WC, NNPGs Convener, N Kitovi Zhimomi on January 14, 2023. “The propaganda ministry declared the signed declaration of its Chairman and Vice Chairman as null and void as they recognised only FA and no other agreement,” the NNPGs stated.
