Kiumukam Yimchunger
President, NNC/GDRN [Non-Accord]
My fellow Nagas,
On this auspicious and historical day of the 65th anniversary of the Naga Republic Day, I extend warm greetings to fellow Nagas spread across the globe I salute honour, acknowledge and pay homage to all those patriots who laid down their lives in the service of the Nation and its Homeland. The sacrifice and Martyrdom of our patriots will be engraved in the history of our nation and serve as a source of inspiration for generations to come.
History is clear that the Nagas were never under any rule… foreign or domestic. Prior to the imperialistic British misadventure into Naga Homeland, Nagas were living in a self-administered independent village states. The dynamics of the post 2nd World war divided the Naga families arbitrarily between two newly independent states of Myanmar (Burma) and India wherein, Nagas from both sides of the border has suffered miseries of unimaginable magnitude and beyond human comprehension. There had been times where both India and Myanmar (Erstwhile Burma) tried to silence the Nagas right to self-determination.
Albeit a little late, Political Leadership in India has recognized the Nagas ’right to self-determination, which is reflected in the Historic document “Preamble/Agreed position” signed between the Government of India and the Nagas on 17th November, 2017.The former represented by the GOI’s interlocutor Mr. R.N.Ravi and the latter represented by the Convener and Co-Conveners of the 7 NNPGs Working Committee.
Heeding to the clarion call of the Naga people for peace in Naga homeland, 7 different warring groups came together in true Christian spirit of ‘forgive and forget’ and formed the 7 NNGPs working committee and has been working tirelessly under one umbrella to bring about an enduring peace between Indians and Nagas and an honourable solution that is acceptable to the Naga people.
I am hopeful that we will see the light at the end of the tunnel under the able leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the light that will herald the dawn of lasting peace, prosperity and intellectual revolution which for decades has evaded the Naga homeland as a result of one of the longest and bloodiest running confrontation in the history of indigenous peoples movement for self-determination.
