DIMAPUR, MAY 21 (MExN): The Government of the People’s Republic of Nagalim, Ministry of Information & Publicity has issued a rejoinder to the Envoy of the Collective Leadership, GPRN/NSCN, Venuh Alezo’s press statement which was carried in the local papers on the 16th May 2012. The MIP press note stated that Kitovi Zhimomi, General Secretary of “Khole-Kitovi group had time and again categorically asserted that his objective was to have a political settlement with Government of India for the Nagas of Nagaland”. “But Alezo had stated through print media that Nagaland encompasses all Nagas within and outside National and international boundaries and that they are talking for all Nagas”, the MIP stated while terming this as “a serious contradictions between the two”. “If they don’t have clear political visions how can they lead people in political matters?” the MIP note stated.
Stating that when the political dialogue started between the government of India and the NSCN, the MIP note pointed out that the Envoy in question was an “active member of the Organization and was privy to all matters and affairs of the NSCN”. “Again when the NSCN launched the Reconciliation process in January 2007, he was a leading member of the Organization”, the MIP note stated. The MIP note stated that it “must understand that the Reconciliation process was first started by the NSCN and many important leaders and groups had already responded and joined the NSCN”.
The MIP note also claimed that “Khole-Kitovi group in connivance with certain elements in the Indian Government like Mr. Sambhu Singh to enter into a political talk is hypocritical act to jeopardize the prospect of political agreement between the Government of India and the NSCN on behalf of the Nagas”.
The MIP note also stated that the “aim and opinion of the NSCN is not to force every Naga group to merge with NSCN. But they may either join the NSCN or remain in their organizations and maintain their own identity, but support wholeheartedly the current political dialogue between the Government of India and the NSCN”. “Because, the NSCN is not seeking political settlement with India only for the NSCN and their supporters but for an honorable settlement for all the Nagas”.
