Dimapur, February 5 (MExN): The Yung Aung led NSCN (K) on Saturday issued a statement denouncing the Indian government’s “noxious design to sow new seeds of divisions among Nagas,” particularly in what it called “Myanmar-occupied Nagaland.”
“Taking advantage of the current political turmoil in Myanmar, the Indian intelligence operatives are conspiring with some tainted Naga groups and individuals to incite disunity, hatred and tension among Nagas and destabilize the area,” it said in a statement issued through its MIP.
The group alleged that India, in order to maintain and balance its political influence on Myanmar, has always played a double game in Myanmar politics. “To this effect India is aligning with both sides of the conflict and has presently targeted the Naga areas to benefit its nefarious interests,” it claimed.
In the statement, the group also claimed to have “irrefutable evidence of India and its proxies infiltrating into the eastern Nagaland to form new armed group in the Naga areas along the imposed boundary,” with the intention to train and arm innocent Naga youths to misguide and embroil them in the ongoing Myanmar conflict. This development has created lots of confusion and misapprehension in the Naga homeland, it claimed.
Further stating that India and Myanmar's long term malignant policy to divide Nagas based on the imposed borders were never accepted by the Nagas, it said that the eastern Nagas suffered unimaginable hardships in their quest to stay united with their western Naga brothers and strongly rejected the illegal occupation of Myanmar.
“Though Nagas shared our sympathy and sorrows with the Myanmar people in their fight for democracy, we cannot allow the political instability in Myanmar to divide Nagas. Hence, NSCN/GPRN will never tolerate or accept anyone creating anti-Naga sentiment and alter the status-quo of the Nagas, particularly in the Eastern Nagaland,” the statement read.
It also underscored that the group “does not involve in the internal politics of either India or Myanmar,” while voicing strong opposition towards any attempt to disintegrate Nagas. “It is important to note that Nagas had made the fundamental choice long time ago to live as free people and not under totalitarian rule. NSCN/GPRN will fight with everything at our disposal to protect the unity and oneness of all Nagas,” it asserted.
It further cautioned “all those who are actively involved in forming a new armed group in Eastern Naga areas to immediately desist from the anti-people activity or face stern action as per the law of the party,” while appealing to every right thinking Naga to deeply introspect the gravity of the problem and report any such activities that are likely to affect the integrity and struggle of the Naga people.
