Dimapur, September 7 (MExN): The GPRN/NSCN and NNC/FGN today accused the NSCN/GPRN of “threatening the covenant of reconciliation” and “preaching Naga reconciliation with a sharp knife in the pocket.” Also, ‘prominent Naga civil society organizations’ were accused of keeping silent to “only stand and watch even as IM, out of desperation, attempts to enforce family feud once again in Nagaland.”
A joint statement from the GPRN/NSCN and NNC/FGN mentioned “the attempt on the life of one Naga army cadre and injury of a schoolgirl at Namsa in Tizit a month ago in the Konyak region, the killing of a Zaremo Odyuo in Mekokla on August 26; the assault and injury caused to some “national workers” at Regury village near Meluri by the NSCN/GPRN on the morning of September 7. These are examples of “preaching Naga reconciliation with a sharp knife in the pocket,” stated the joint statement.
“Clearly there has been a series of deliberate and willful violation of the covenant of reconciliation by those at Hebron camp. It is very unhealthy on the part of prominent NGOs and civil societies to exhibit the art of staying silent at this crucial hour when common understanding among the Nagas is taken for a ride time and again.”
According to the statement the “Covenant of Reconciliation signed by top leaders of three Naga political groups is a symbolic acceptance of the fact that Naga political issue requires a common approach.” Solution to all “human problems”, it stated, demands “commitment” and “integrity”.
No matter how rugged or unforgiving “the terrain of Naga reconciliation process” may appear “to pessimists and skeptics”, the statement asserted that the GPRN/NSCN and NNC/FGN “believes” that “Nagas” must “hold on to the covenant of reconciliation.”
“Perhaps a day will come when Nagas will identify and ridicule the so-called frontal civil societies and organizations who only stand and watch even as IM, out of desperation, attempts to enforce family feud once again in Nagaland. The discerning power of the Nagas must not be lost in the commotion of cowards. The covenant of Naga Reconciliation is precious to Nagas. Let none regard it as mere paper with ink ready to be torn into shreds,” the GPRN/NSCN and NNC/FGN added.
