'Election is anti-thesis of solution'—NSCN(IM)

Dimapur, Jan. 25 (EMN): The National Socialist Council of Nagalim (NSCN-IM) has on Thursday strongly criticised the decision of the Government of India to go ahead with the assembly elections in the state while calling for to people to choose solution and not election. "What do we mean by solution, not election? Election is anti-thesis of solution. Solution is about the future of the Nagas whereas election is about the Indian constitution; solution is about the unique history, culture and identity of the Nagas whereas election is about India; solution is about the land of the Nagas whereas election means it is about Indian territory; solution is about the principle of self-reliance whereas election is about dependence on others; solution means Naga people will be the epicenter of Naga politics whereas election means Delhi will be the high command of the Naga politics, "stated Rh. Raising the convenor of the steering committee of the organisation at the joint Council Meeting at Hebron. While recounting the history of the Naga political issue he stated that even after decades of 'oppressions, persecutions, imprisonment, destruction of villages and crops perpetrated against the Nagas and killing hundreds of thousands Nagas or pouring blood-tainted money for tinsel development works,' the Indian leaders could neither stop the Nagas nor convince them. Asserting that the fighting and killing did not bring any dividend for the GoI it change its approach from ' from military to political ' and embarked to have a 'political dialogue' with the Nagas. The Framework Agreement was signed between the Government of India and NSCN as two entities on 3rd August 2015, which recognizes the 'sovereign right of the Nagas, the unique history and identity of the Nagas and land of the Nagas', he stated. He added that the NSCN(IM) will continue to 'cling to the Framework Agreement' and stand by that in 'all weathers', and  they will hold on to it even if there are oppositions. When the resistance movement of the Nagas created an opportunity for dialogue the Indian leaders exploited this opportunity to their advantage and made the so-called 16- point agreement with a few un-mandated individual Nagas. It was nothing but a political bait to hook the Naga issue. The Shillong Accord was also another attempt to murder the issue of the Nagas. Both the agreements are roadblocks not solution the Nagas have been looking for. Even after decades of oppressions, persecutions, imprisonment, destruction of villages and crops perpetrated against the Nagas and killing hundreds of thousands Nagas or pouring blood-tainted money for tinsel development works, the Indian leaders could neither stop the Nagas nor convince them. Fighting and killing did not bring any dividend to them. So as dictated by the circumstances Gol changed its approach from military to political and embarked upon political dialogue with the Nagas. Raising gave the clarion call to choose correctly as that decision will take the Nagas 'to the top of the world or pull us down to the bottom'. "Let us therefore, decide whether we choose solution or election; whether we choose freedom or slavery. We are the prime factor. Our decision will take us to the top of the world or pull us down to the bottom. We have nothing to fear or dismay; our people are with us; all civil societies are with us; all the churches are with us, all the elected MLAs and MPs are with us; international communities are with us and above all, God, the Creator of nations and kingdoms is with us. Only that let us be firm and cling to the principle. The Lord in whom we trust has brought us thus far and He will lead us through to the end," he added. Click Here For Full Text