Kohima Bureau
Kohima, Jan. 29 (EMN): A proponent of clean elections Rev. Dr. Mazie Nakhro was threatened by an agitated mob on the night of January 15, from his own clan numbering to 13 people, who trespassed his private property and mocked at him leading to ‘forced’ withdrawal of his candidature from 8th Western Angami A/C to contest in the Nagaland assembly election.
A person, who is not afraid to stand for truth and justice and with the primary objective to address the evils of clanism head-on and make a teaching moment, Nakhro has called for a public meeting with those who came to threatened him at Kohima Science College junction, Kohima, on January 29 to settle the issue amicably. Unfortunately, the youth failed to turn up.
Nakhro, while explaining purpose of the meeting comprising of elders, said he has nothing against his own village people or Nakhro clan but that he is against clanism which suppress the rights and freedom of others in the name of clan.
He informed the elders that he had called the meeting with ‘certain youngsters’ to confront them as ‘they are not my enemies but my own to be confronted’ to fix the damage done to the clan image and also set a good example by renouncing clanism for other Nagas to overcome their clanism too.
‘Clanism,’ he described as ‘cancerous’ and a serious root cause of disunity among the Nagas and maintained that for Nagas to live together as a nation and free of tribalism, Nagas must first fight the cancerous disease of clanism.
Also recounting the incident, Nakhro alleged that agitated mob numbering to 13 people have gathered in his private property, trespassing into his house, repeatedly knocked his bedroom door and window shouting words of mockery at him.
Following the incident, he also claimed that his daughters, brother, sister and supporters were victimised and humiliated. He further stated that his decision to get into politics was only for the purpose of serving his people and build Nagaland into an enviable, foreign-like community.
As the youngsters failed to turn up at the meeting, Nakhro said he would be meeting them very soon so they could apologise and sign a simple agreement not to support the evils of clanism in future.
He was of the opinion that through such meeting the ‘bad image’ brought upon the Nakhro clan and the Jotsoma people’ could be removed and at the same time show to other fellow Nagas that they too need to confront their problem of renouncing clanism.
