‘For unified lim and glory of Nagas’

Ever since its inception, the Naga Students` Federation, keeping in mind its core objective i.e. ‘For unified lim and glory of Nagas’, have been struggling hard to bring the Naga family together. Towards this end, the federation has been venturing out to every nook and corner of the Naga areas and reaching out to every section of the Naga society in order to send a message to the world that Nagas are one and we do not recognize the artificial geographical boundaries that divided the Naga homeland. It is for this generation to realize and recognize that Nagas are strong people in the eyes of the world because of the unshakable foundation laid by our forefather for the Naga nation. Despite of many challenges and with limited education, our forefathers were much far sighted and stronger warriors than us, because they have not only dreamt of having an independent Naga homeland but fought to the last to make it happen. The responsibility which has been bestowed on us by our ancestors cannot be wished away in order to accommodate our short term interest.
It is a fact that times are changing and we cannot longer live in isolation, we have to march ahead along with the rest of the world. In order to cope-up with the rest of the world, we need to consolidate our people and our homeland. Separation from each other is not the answer for progress and development of our society. What is demanded of us, what is needed at this point of time is to put concerted effort in bringing our people and our land under one administrative roof. The federation is also of the opinion that, humiliation and subjugations being faced everyday by our brothers and sisters living in the present state of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur and most of all Burma (Myanmar) should constantly strike the minds of the Nagas living in the present State of Nagaland, comparatively, the Nagas living in the present state of Nagaland are little better than the rest of the Nagas who are living outside the present boundary of Nagaland State and for which we need to also realize that we have moral onus to address the need and concerns of our brothers and sisters living outside the present state of Nagaland. Our ancestors had struggled so hard to promote and strengthen the spirit of brotherhood and oneness within the family inspite of many forces against them. The foundation and the history is clear for us, we only need to expand our horizon by focusing our thought and our activities on our common dream of surviving as a people and as a Nation rather than succumbing to various devices of our adversaries who are exploring every means to further divide our people and our land.
With the reconciliation and the peace process in progress, our adversaries are feeling threatened and they will go to any extent to split the Nagas because for them, Nagas coming together is the biggest threat on earth. As a matter of fact, we should always be on guard to withstand such gimmicks of our adversaries. It is befitting for the Nagas living outside the present State of Nagaland to muster courage to segregate themselves from the dominion communities so as to assert our identity and to protect our ancestral domain, nevertheless, it is inappropriate on the part of Nagas living within the present State of Nagaland to conceive even an idea of segregating from the rest of the Nagas. Instead, we should be more cohesive and coherent in our approach for the betterment of the entire Naga family as some of our brothers and sisters especially those living in Burma (Myanmar) are less fortunate than us.
The Federation while urging upon the Government of Nagaland to give special attention to the economically and educationally rearward areas suggest the ENPO to take up their grievances (if it is related to development and job opportunities) with the elected Members of the Nagaland State legislative Assembly of Mon, Tuesang, Lonleng and Kiphirie Districts as it is none other than the people of this four Districts who elected them to address their grievances. The Federation also impress upon the ENPO not to push any farther for demand of Statehood or any other separate arrangements as it will be detrimental for the growth of the Naga society in the long run. Moreover, it will only give undue advantage to our adversaries. Further, the Federation cautions those individual and agencies trying to implant seeds of discord and hatred amongst the Naga family to desist from such nefarious design.

Mutsikhoyo Yhobu, President
Kelhouneizo Yhome, Assembly Speaker
O.WATI JAMIR, General Secretary