DIMAPUR, JUNE 29 (MExN): Breaking its silence on the integration issue after the latest whirlwind of reports that the NSCN (IM) has toned down on its demands to accede to some form of ‘autonomy’, the organization today said “there is a problem if India remains confused” over the identity of “Naga ancestral land.” Speaking over phone, V Horam, Deputy Kilonser of the group headed by Isak Chishi Swu and Thuingaleng Muivah reiterated: “A solution confined to Nagaland state is not acceptable. Unification is part and parcel of solution.”
Lambasting the usage of the term ‘autonomy’ as stated in earlier news reports he said the usage of the word “is very irritating.” Even the concept of a ‘federation’ is wrong, he said. “There can only be a relationship between two sovereign entities,” Horam advocated. “The question of autonomy does not arise at all.”
“This relationship,” he said, “between two separate nations will be inseparable.” Delhi has to take into consideration the geographical aspect and also the history and culture of the people living in Naga inhabited areas, he said. Frequent talks between the two negotiating parties is the tool towards a solution to this effect, the Deputy Kilonser said.
