DIMAPUR, May 26 (NNN): The latest edition of NSCN-IM mouthpiece, Nagalim Voice, in its editorial asserted that ‘Naga agreement should not defile the Naga political issue again’.
“It is unthinkable for NSCN to accept the Naga National Flag as a cultural flag as hinted by the Government of India. Naga National Flag that symbolises Naga political identity is not negotiable,” the NSCN-IM mouthpiece stated.
It stated that when the “high profile” Framework Agreement was signed on August 3, 2015, Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi went histrionic as he called up all political leaders who mattered to announce that he had solved the longest running insurgency movement in Southeast Asia. The Nagalim Voice editorial also said that the world at large was, however, not impressed and waited to see how he would match his words with action acceptable to the Naga people.
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Today, according to Nagalim Voice, the NSCN-IM is watching how the same Prime Minister of India is going to handle the Framework Agreement with NSCN-IM and Naga people that he himself took so much pride and credit. “What is of concern to the NSCN in particular and to the Nagas in general is the habitual betraying nature of the Government of India after signing agreement after agreement”, it also said. “Such was the depravity on the part of the Government of India that every good thing gained during the 25 years of Indo-Naga political talks is facing the risk of going down the drain,” it added.
According to the NSCN-IM mouthpiece, the “unfortunate development” is tantamount to political blackmail. “But NSCN is unnerved in the face of such brinkmanship”, it also said. The NSCN-IM mouthpiece further said that the Naga people had seen the Naga political issue that was defiled earlier on three occasions.
It also said that the NSCN-IM cannot allow defilement to take place for the fourth time. “This is the crux of the issue now. And nothing can be further from the truth,” the NSCN-IM mouthpiece also said.
It then said that everything is clear before the world. “Certainly, the Framework Agreement was signed as the way forward to salvage the Naga political issue from getting defiled again. It would be a huge irony if the Indo-Naga political issue and the ongoing talk are not regarded as a politically sacrosanct program that should not be violated again and again,” it added.
The NSCN-IM mouthpiece then asked that, for the thousands of Nagas who suffered martyrdom for the Naga cause, “how can we come to Naga accord and celebrate in the manner that betrayed them/” It further asked, “How could Naga people tread such hollow ground after more than six decades of blood, sweat and tear?”
It then said that in spite of threat and pressure, the NSCN-IM will never commit an act of abomination before God and treason before the Naga people.
