Dimapur, September 30 (MExN): Asserting what it claimed is “commonly own (sic) properties,” including Intangki, the NSCN-IM today stated that it will not allow any individuals to claim or own land of the same irrespective of tribe “big or small notwithstanding.”
Making a particular reference to Intangki or for that matter, “any other commonly owned properties” a note from the NSCN-IM stated “It is to be strictly noted that with regard to Intangki or for that matter, any other commonly own properties, the GPRN is not going to stoop that low to allow any individuals to claim or own land irrespective of tribe, big or small notwithstanding.”
The NSCN-IM claimed that this statement is being issued “keeping in view the pragmatic aspects of the common interest of the Nagas.” The outfit explained that Nagas, bound by customary attachment of each tribe, “no Naga is landless, homeless and vagabond.” It expressed regret that there is a “tendency among some Nagas to misinterpret the meaning of ‘everything belongs to the people.’” Rather the exact meaning is “everything belongs to the individuals,” the outfit explained. It is unthinkable or unwise for the Nagas to think in terms of individual greed or advancement at “the cost of interests that speaks of the Naga nationhood and it is an obligation of every Nagas to stand by the common properties of the Nagas.”
The NSCN-IM also took note of the “attitude of some Naga leaders attached with Hohos or associations.” “No single step should be taken to encourage sneaking into some piece of land that does not legally or by customary law belongs to him or to his tribe. Fighting or arguing in the name of land that is none of their business should henceforth be abhorred” the NSCN-IM stated without naming who “their” was.
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