Dimapur, June 24 (EMN): The Eastern Naga Students’ Federation (ENSF) has vehemently condemned the recent Aboi incident between NSCN (K) and security forces which claimed the lives of three Indian security forces.
The federation said that the incident has only created more sense of insecurity and fear psychosis in the minds of innocent populace.
A press release issued by the ENSF President Sepili Sangtam and General Secretary Choba Chang, while condemning the incident, called upon the parties concerned to ‘uphold the Tuensang resolution in letter and spirit, wherein ENPO jurisdiction was declared a peace zone’.
While saying that the ENPO jurisdiction, for the past few months, has become a battlefield for the Naga political groups (NPG) and security forces creating a sense of insecurity and fear psychosis among the people, the ENSF asserted that the federation ‘cannot afford to let it continue’.
As a student’s organization, it is much concerned with the situation within its jurisdiction and therefore bound to respond, the E NSF said.
“Peaceful existence and safe environment for its citizens is one of the many priorities of the Federation,” said the ENSF while making a clarion call to all the NPG and the security forces to maintain maximum restraint from violence.
“Violence only complicates the prevailing situation. Moreover, violence will sabotage the freedom to live without fear in our own homeland,” stated the ENSF.
In the same vein, the federation asked the government of Nagaland to be a good facilitator between the Government of India and the NSCN in the interest of the Nagas.
Expressing concern over the frequent outbreak of clashes between the “Naga Political Group (NSCN-K) and Security Forces particularly in Eastern Nagaland”, the ENSF demanded that the state government ‘as a facilitator should be more pragmatic rather than just being resolute and appealing’.
“The GoN should understand that peace is pre-requisite for development and growth as a society and therefore should be sincerely dealt with,” it stated.
Meanwhile, the ENSF also appealed to the NSCN (K) to reconsider its decision and return to peace talks.
The federation appealed the NSCN (K) to acknowledge the desire of common Nagas to have a peaceful atmosphere and expressed optimism that the organization would accept the ENSF’s appeal in good faith.
