Chache Lokho
Taphou a stone throw from Senapati, the historic event meet of the Naga People convention (NPC) under the banner of the U.N.C. sent a (strong wave of) clarion call to all the Naga people who are living in their ancestral hills. The people convention took five landmark decisions to launch a massive non-cooperation movement against the Manipur government (better to call Meitei Government).
1. Payment of house tax directly to Delhi or Kohima.
2. Surrender red blanket officially issued to the villages G.B.
3. Rename the villages, hills, rivers, districts in the indigenous terms.
4. Disassociate from any forums, platforms, organizations, etc. with the Meiteis.
5. Non-acceptance of any developmental schemes w.e.f. 1st April 2006 from the government of Manipur.
This wise democratic decision is worth to appreciate and honour by one and all. The people convention reaffirmed 8 and 9 August, 2001 Senapati declaration for Naga integration and out rightly denounced the Manipur Government (Meitei Govt) to oppose against the will of the Naga integration.
The aesthetic tactics to launch non-cooperation to the Manipur government reflects back the brilliant display and demonstrate the true democratic manner and style which the people ought to act. There is a sea change compared to the previous protest. Few days back we have seen fiery tempered agitation, violent economic blockage throughout NHs 39 and 53, burn down of government offices and vehicles etc. Any forms of violent are potential hazard for the healthy growth of our democracy.
Today we feel proud because we are coming out from violent tracks to peace track or from destructive to constructive ways. This purely reveals the maturity of the Nagas leadership. A Russian scholar Lev Tolstoy aptly quoted that “All forms of violent is wicket”.
When we keenly observe the scenario, Manipur has been vertically divided into two interest groups, the Meiteis and the Nagas. At the same time both become the pressure groups to the central government. The former are pressurizing hard to the central government not to disturb the territorial integrity while the later are striving for the Naga integration with the present state of Nagaland, which is hesitating and puzzling the central government to take any corrective decision. The Meiteis are mostly settling in valley while the Naga in hills. Meiteis go to temple, Naga to the church. Even like economy, culture, custom, ways of living, above all there is a historical and political differences. Though not a good student of Geometry, but still remembering clearly that, two Parallel lines never intersect and coincide. The Nagas in all, decided to untie the forceful wedded knotted rope. Look, the German has broken the strongest Berlin Wall under the two most super Power countries. Why not the Naga? Where there is only wall less boundaries.
Tribunal, Mao Students’ Union
