Thinoselie M Keyho
President, Naga National Council
Today, 14.08.2021 is the 75th occasion of declaring Naga Independence. And on this most auspicious day I, General (Retd) Thinoselie M Keyho, President of Naga National Council would like to address the Nation with a few choice words.
First of all, I ascribe my deepest gratitude and sublime glory and honour to Almighty God. I then greet my dear fellow Nagas with the happiest of good tidings.
Dear fellow Nagas, let this hardest of facts be ever most steadfastly registered in us all that the eternal Naga Independence had been most officially and legally declared 74 years ago on 14.08.1947. However, we are yet to enjoy our most cherished Freedom till date. How and why has this scenario come about?
The Government of India has absolutely no legal or any other rights whatsoever, to claim Nagas/Nagaland: no locus stand in legal terminology. But most oblivious to the changes the civilised World has undergone for the better; Government of India is still clinging to the ancient school of “Might is Right” thought, instead of just the other way round; and is continuing to bask in and bragging about her detested armed might in the most blatant haughty disdainful stance. The present day, Indian Union is but that of a forced union in the truest sense of the term. And she is desperately attempting to compel the Nagas into this morass. She thereby chooses to pursue the military option in this regard instead of the humane peaceful solution; most befitting her nefarious nature.
I would hereby most explicitly indicate the two ways in which Government of India has been dealing with the Nagas right from the beginning of this epic confrontation. They are 1. The Disturbed Area Act (DAA) and 2. Armed Forces Special Power Act (AFSPA); the two BLACK LAWs with which the Nagas are being kept most brutally suppressed. Firstly, she would employ the former one to indulge in all the barbaric evil deeds of mammoth sinful proportions and numbers. Then with the latter evil she would cover up and whitewash all the horrible misdeeds and crimes. It is most sincerely believed and ardently expected that the concerned and discerned noble minds would come to understand at least a fraction of what the Government of India has been suppressing the Nagas with these primitive draconian laws even in this 21st Century World.
The extended and unduly prolonged period of stalemate in the Indo-Naga Political Conflict is all due to the pathetic lack of noble Indian leadership, absolute poverty of humane fellow-feeling, utter depravity of moral values, but worst of all- her damnable haughty domineering frame of evil mind; and most unfortunately, at this rate and pace there virtually is no immediate favourable end to the conflict in sight. But for just how much longer could she continue to muzzle the Naga Rights and lord over her in these restrictive ways? As the wise saying goes “Everything has a beginning and an ending”; the ending time has most wondrously arrived at hand. But let me be quick to assert that this windfall has nothing to do with the nobility of the Nagas nor of her capability. The Nagas have absolutely nothing to boast of or brag about in this regard as in all others, for that matter. The Omnipotent God of the Universe has profound eternal plans to show humanity at large and India in particular, about His greatness in and through the agency even of the unworthy Nation of Nagaland. Therefore, God has always been abiding with and siding the Nagas in all her endeavours all along. And now He has begun to unfold His grand plans and designs all the more overtly. Our one great hope and belief is, “If God be for us, who can ever prevail against us in any manner?”
Set the Nagas free
The living God JEHOVAH, through various words of prophecy has been commanding India to set the Nagas free right from the time of Mrs Indira Gandhi even up to that of Mr Narendra Modi’s, most audaciously persistent; ranging from mild reprimands and courteous requests to even outright stern warnings galore. It is hereby being earnestly requested that Government of India may most kindly set the Nagas free at the earliest. Why should India continue to bear and face the ire of Divine retributions any further on this account?
For the elite set of concerned individuals who would desire to peruse a few samples of the multitude of the Divine words of prophecy directed at New Delhi; Mr Zapuvisie Lhousa’s book “American Influence in Christianity” pages 110 – 126 may kindly be referred to.
Thank you all. KUKNALIM
