EMN
Dimapur, March 21
The Federal Government of Nagaland (FGN) has expressed its commitment to uphold the pledge of the Nagas to be a sovereign nation, free from interference of foreign power to decide, determine and shape own destiny.
The FGN considered the 16th Point Agreement and the Shillong Accord of 1975 as total betrayals of the Naga cause, the stumbling blocks in the attainment of long cherished dream. “We have to always be vigilant and constantly be on our guard so that such acts of treachery to the Naga cause are not committed again.”
Brig. (Retd.) S. Singnya, Kedahge, FGN in his 61st Republic Day speech said, Nagaland became a Republic on 22nd March, 1956 when the Naga National Council convened the First Tatar Hoho Session which brought together the Free Nagas represented by the Hongking Government and the Naga National Council representing the then Naga Hills District to establish the Federal Government of Nagaland. With the National Mandate immutably entrusted to them in 1951. (Full text on page 7)
