Dimapur, March 24 (MExN): The NSCN (IM) today condemned the statement of Minister Temjen Imna Along on the Naga flag and the constitution stating that he is “utterly insensitive to the reality of the Naga history and the God’s given political identity as a nation and as a people.”
“This only exposed his heartless and cruel mentality exploiting every given opportunity to castigate the very symbols that identify the Nagas that they are not a lost people,” the MIP, NSCN (IM) stated in a press release.
“Who is Temjen Along who defiantly chose words to go headlong against the Naga people’s political identity with his infuriating statement saying “Flag and constitution are not achievable?” it questioned. The MIP stated that “much before Imna Along was given birth to this earth, thousands of Naga people have attained martyrdom defending the legitimate historical and political rights of the Nagas as symbolized by the Naga flag and the constitution. Many have embraced death to give a better future to our motherland.”
The rainbow flag of the Naga nation was uniquely made and divinely inspired. This, the MIP stated, symbolized the covenant between God and the Naga people. It further said that, the Naga people cannot be so unfaithful to forsake what God has given to lead them as a nation and as a people.
The MIP also stated that the NSCN (IM) has “no objection to Imna Along’s desperateness to establish his political base backed by his mentor BJP/RSS. But in the process he should not fiddle with the Naga flag and the constitution that is too big for his size. He has proved himself as recklessly immature to touch on the sensitive Naga issue at such a critical stage.”
