Dimapur, Aug. 19 (EMN): In affirming its stands for ‘inclusive, peaceful, honourable and acceptable’ political solution to the vexed Indo-Naga issue, the Nagaland GBs’ Federation (NGBF) has appealed to the NSCN (K) and the NNC (Adinno) to join the political negotiation with the government of India (GoI) for peace.
The organisations, in a joint press statement, made their stand clear to all in concern the current political negotiation of the GOI with the NSCN (IM) and the working committee (WC) consisting of six Naga national political groups (NNPG) to resolve the Indo-Naga political issue.
It stated that the NGBF representatives have met with both the WC of the NNPG and the NSCN (IM) concerning the Indo-Naga issue. It acknowledged the historic signing of the ‘framework agreement’ on August 3 2015, with the NSCN (IM) and a preamble for political dialogue with the NNPG on November 17 2017.
Stating that all the entities engaged in political dialogue with the GoI are for the good of the Naga people, the NGBF has urged all in concern not to interpret the meeting as a support to one or the other group. As a ‘traditional and customary’ body, the federation stated that it would not hesitate to correct erroneous reports in the media or by the media.
Further, the federation has appealed to the GoI to lift the ban on the NSCN (K), remove bounties on some leaders and officially invite the NSCN (K) and the NNC (Adinno) to the negotiation table. At the same time, it appealed to the NSCN K and the NNC (Adinno) “to come forward and initiate peace and unity.”
