EMN
Dimapur, September 1
The NSCN-IM has raised objections to the invitation extended to Khekiye K Sema, a retired IAS official from Nagaland, to participate in a two-day meeting under the aegis of the Centre for North East Studies and Policy Research (CNES & PR) from September 5 in New Delhi.
The NSCN/GPRN in a press statement issued by its MIP today said it has learned from confirmed source that Centre for North East Studies and Policy Research, headed by Sanjay Hazarika, is organizing a two-day meet in Delhi at the University of Jamia Millia Islamia from September 5. “This bureau is aware of one of the topics ‘Peace Process and Taxation’ to be discussed by one Mr. Khekiye, a retired IAS official from Nagaland,” the release said.While stating that the Centre for North East Studies and Policy Research enjoys the liberty to select a resource person from Nagaland, the release said the MIP is equally concerned for guarding the paucity and seriousness of the peace process in the search for lasting, honourable resolution to the unresolved political case between the Union of India and the Naga people.
Therefore, selection of resource person who is totally unrelated to the “Peace Process” when a matter of such magnitude of seriousness is involved, the question of “who” to represent “the truth” on Indo-Naga case becomes a big concern, the NSCN-IM said.
The release also clarified that the MIP is bereft of any ill intent towards Khekiye. “Nevertheless, to discourse on an issue, the former is not a part of, draws our attention,” it said.
The statement further expressed its reservations on the individual invited to speak on the given subject saying “we are aware of the eventualities when the ‘truth’ involved in the search for political justice along the course of the current Peace Process if the seriousness is misrepresented.” The NSCN-IM advised the Centre for North East Studies and Policy Research to be more rationale while identifying individual or organisation in the discourse of Indo-Naga political imbroglio in future.
