Morung Express News
December 8
DIMAPUR: Consensus among the Nagas is a must for permanent solution. Elucidating on this statement, Y Wangtin Konyak, central council member of the NSCN (K) quoted Sir Robert Reid, the then Governor of Assam from 1937 to 1942: “Throughout the discussions previous to the framing of the New Act, the authorities concerned had no difficulty in agreeing that, the Naga Hills ought to be kept outside the purview of the New Constitution.”
Accordingly, the Naga Hills were declared as ‘Excluded area’ under the Government of India order, 1936, he recounted.
In this respect, Wangtin, who only recently resigned from the Konyak Union and who was earlier also involved in the reconciliation process said, “But the recent secret proposal submitted by the NSCN (IM) to the GoI for solution threatened the declaration of 1936.
The proposal is said to be read as: “Thus by 1931 they had Sangtams, Yimchunger and Phom of the Tuensang included in the Census of India.”
Terming this statement as contradictory to historical accounts, the release said that it would be wrong for Swu and Muivah to seek the Naga solution within the frame work of the Indian constitution.
Clarifying on why the outfit had summoned Rev Mhasi, Wangtin said, “The opinion of Rev S Mhasi carried the feeling of the Nagas for sovereign nation.
However, such a clever and senior Naga citizen wants entire Nagas to accept the authenticity of NSCN (IM) leadership who are seeking solution within the frame work of the Indian union.” After deliberations, Mhasi was forgiven, the release said.
Taking a humbler stance, the former NGO activist said, “I may be nobody in the Naga society but my prayer and request to all my leaders is to forgive and forget each other’s guilt so as to open the door of peace for the Naga generation. I am strongly confident that their forgive and forget will strengthen the foundation of national Movement.”
The Ministry of Information Publicity wing of the NSCN (IM) had also earlier dwelt on the themes of forgiveness and reconciliation which could be reached at by shedding “past mistakes” and striving towards the “common goal.”
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