Ever since the diabolical Framework Agreement was signed on August 3, 2015, between the Government of India and the NSCN-IM. It has caused quite a stir among the Naga intelligentsia. Except for the few proponents of the NSCN-IM, the majority of the Nagas have expressed their displeasure to subscribing something that they do not know. No one knows what the Framework Agreement is all about or what the contents of the Framework Agreement are. Yet, it is hilarious to note that some NSCN-IM functionaries and their henchmen are all out praising the collective leadership of the NSCN-IM and the Prime Minister of India, Shri. Narendra Modi for coming to a conclusion to this age old Indo-Naga issue. One may well assume whether it is sheer stupidity or the belief that they will be endowed with some greater responsibilities post solution that prompted the nincompoops to support something that they are not even aware of! Only time will tell and it will be left for the public to decide whether the solution will be honorable or not.
No doubt, the Naga issue is unique and complex in the whole of South and South East Asia. However, how can anyone in their sanity blindly endorse something that they do not know what good it will bring forth?
Every Naga aspires to live under one roof without any external interference and do away with tribalism because the very fabric that entwined the Nagas has been fragmented by tribalism and this is the root cause for most of the problems in our State. And while we are being confronted with so many problems, the NSCN-IM has added another woe to our already burdened state by claiming to be the sole representative of the Nagas. The NSCN-IM have been bragging about that the signing of the Framework Agreement will bring forth an honorable and amicable solution. That without territorial integration they will not accept any sort of solution. But the very Indian leaders who have been instrumental in the signing of this agreement have stated candidly in the recently held Manipur elections that integration of Naga inhabited areas from other states is not part of the agreement.
Now that leaves us to deduce either theflamboyant claims made by the NSCN-IM or the claims of the Indian leaders.
As such, the pertinent question that triggers each and every Nagas of Nagaland is:
1. Whether the FA encompasses the Naga inhabited areas of Assam, Manipur and Arunachal Pradesh or it is applicable only to the present state of Nagaland?
2. If the FA is applicable only to the State of Nagaland then why is it being negotiated by outsiders on our behalf? Did anyone entrust them to do so?
3. Does it imply that the provisions of the agreement will be enjoyed by the Nagas from other states as well without territorial integration?
If the claims made by the NSCN-IM is legit then every Naga will wholeheartedly support this cause because the feeling of Nationalism still runs high in the blood of very Nagas unlike most of the NPGs who care only about their materialistic desires. But the truth has been kept in total darkness and the people have been forced to believe in some utopian ideas.
The NSCN-IM has for too long been openly professing that they are the guardian of the Nagas and this has to stop immediately. They should know that they do not have the mandate of the people nor are they the sole representative of the Nagas. Any solution arrived at should be inclusive and the public be made known about the talks or else it will only exacerbate the already deteriorating Nagaland.
May God be our guide.
