The Nagaland Tribes Council (NTC) and Nagaland GBs' Federation (NGBF) have made a joint appeal to two parties of the NSCN/GPRN (K) (Khango-Isak) group to reconcile and unite for the common cause of the Nagas.
Terming the recent discord between two parties of NSCN/GPRN (K), one led by President Khango Konyak and the other by Ato Kilonser (Col. Retd) Isak Sumi, that unfolded after an impeachment order, as “shocking”, pointing out the crucial phase the Naga political issue is in.
‘When this group (undivided Khango-led NSCN/GPRN-K) is one of the members of the Working Committee of NNPG, what audacity it has to wrangle over any issue which is considered to be more important than the Naga political negotiation and its end result?’ asked the two bodies.
“Any committed cadre of any group, and whoever considers himself to be a patriot, is not expected to stoop low to indulge in mindless gimmicks by wasting valuable times at the cost of the Naga interest. If any Naga nationalist places oneself above the common cause one has to know that he is misplaced in his position. It is unbecoming on the part of the group in particular to dent the spirit of the negotiators in particular and of the Naga in general as if such internal bickering can fetch greater dividend to the Nagas,” it added.
While making a fervent appeal to the two groups to reconcile, the NTC and NGBF reminded them not to “undermine the efforts made by the Nagas as a whole to attain the expected peace in our land, and the group in question must not become the obstacle to the process of peace”.