To mention the obvious, the piles of 2015 debris are reverberating into 2016 and the same old story has just begun. But even then, our hope is that it will not be all of a doom and gloom. Well, even as the implications of the NSCN-K ceasefire abrogation and the August 3 ‘framework agreement’ continue to dominate the Nagas’ 2016, one just encouraging development has emerged—the Myanmar mission jointly carried out by Naga Hoho and Eastern Naga People’s Organisation (ENPO) to meet the NSCN (K) leaders in that country on the official request of the Parliamentary Working Committee (PWC) of the Nagaland State Legislative Assembly. The joint team undertook the assignment to Myanmar from January 24 till February 2 and called on five Naga MPs of Myanmar and discussed on the initiatives to meet the NSCN (K) leadership, according to the report of the two organizations that was submitted to the State Government on February 4.
Meanwhile, keeping in mind the urgent need to have unity among the Naga people Chairman S S Khaplang should consider the appeals of the Naga organizations to resume the ceasefire with the government of India. As the Eastern Nagaland Peoples’ Organisation (ENPO) and the Naga Hoho have rightly said, the renewal of ceasefire between the Government of India and NSCN-K is very important because it is an ‘essential and a pre-requisite tool for unity and reconciliation amongst the different Naga political groups.’ This is also important because, to iron out the feathers ruffled by our abhorrent activities we can do it only on the plain of unity. The whole point is to re-affirm our Naga national credentials.
On the flip side of thing, the frustration expressed by S S Khaplang’s team should not be overlooked. “The unjust peace is no peace at all and 14 years of Ceasefire between NSCN/GPRN and India has become a mockery and futile exercise”. This was one of the NSCN-K’s raging statements not taken seriously by the parties who matter.
Meanwhile, can there be a room for retrospection if the NSCN-K feels that “shallow commitment and politics of deceit have become a hallmark tradition…to engage in peace and political discourses”?
