This press statement comes in the wake of another phase of the Indian state terrorism and its “divide and conquer” strategy on account of its failure to resolve the Indo-Naga political conflict through political negotiation.
This press statement comes in the wake of another phase of
the Indian state terrorism and its “divide and conquer” strategy on account of
its failure to resolve the Indo-Naga political conflict through political
negotiation. Instead of trying to resolve the decades old Indo-Naga political
conflict based on the letter and spirit of the officially agreed Amsterdam
Joint Communiqué of July, 2002 and the Framework Agreement (FA) of August 3,
2015, the Indian state and its agencies has again fallen into its old habits of
implementing its divisive tactics through instigation and conspiring with some
pro-India “Non-political Naga ruling elites” and its “own employees”. NSCN/GPRN
has never ever given her blessing nor endorsed to GB Federation, Nagaland to
initiate consultative meeting with Nagaland apex tribal bodies on forging a
common platform to finding any solution apart from FA.
Before the signing of the treacherous 1975 Shillong Accord
with some members of the Naga National Council (NNC), the Government of India
(GoI) entered into an agreement with its “own employees” and a “non-political
body” leading to the formation of the present puppet Nagaland state. This
stratagem has been the single most important reason why there is no solution to
the Indo-Naga political conflict.
Furthermore, any Accord or agreement that has been signed
by/with any group within the constitution of India excluding the non-negotiable
sovereign Nagalim National Flag and Constitution is a betrayal to the Nagalim
national decision of August 14, 1947 and the May 16, 1951 plebiscite for a
sovereign independent Nagalim nation.
The Chief Political Negotiator Th. Muivah, General
Secretary-Ato Kilonser, NSCN/GPRN has stated the political position of the
NSCN/GPRN crystal clear that the only honourable and acceptable Indo-Naga
political agreement shall be according to the letter and spirit of the
Amsterdam Joint Communiqué of July, 2002 and the Framework Agreement of August
3, 2015, officially recognising and acknowledging the sovereign Nagalim
national flag and the sovereign Nagalim national constitution.
To this end, the NSCN/GPRN had consistently taken its
political position and decision on the Nagalim unique history and the Nagalim
national principle on sovereignty on May 31, 2022. On July 23, 2019 and January
18, 2023, the NSCN members led by the Collective leadership and NSCN/GPRN had
re-affirmed the decision to uphold and defend the national decisions and the
letter and spirit of the officially agreed Amsterdam Joint Communiqué of July,
2002 and the Framework Agreement of August 3, 2015, to the last, come what may.
Subsequently, the Chief Political Negotiator Th. Muivah,
General Secretary-Ato Kilonser, NSCN/GPRN has on November 7, 2024 declared the
non-negotiable government political position on “Nagalim unique history”,
“Nagalim sovereignty and freedom”, “Nagalim sovereign territory”, “Nagalim
sovereign national flag” and “Nagalim sovereign national constitution”. In his
recent thanksgiving speech on March 20, 2025 on the occasion of the
re-affirmation and declaration of the NSCN /GPRN Collective Leadership -
Chairman, Vice-Chairman and General Secretary, he has reiterated that the
letter and spirit of the Amsterdam Joint communiqué of July 11, 2002 and the
Framework Agreement of August 3, 2015 are non-negotiable and the final
benchmark for an honourable negotiated political settlement between Nagalim and
India.
The GoI and the NSCN had initiated political negotiation
since August 1, 1997 in order to conclude an honourable and acceptable
negotiated political agreement. Hence, if the GoI desires a negotiated
political settlement, the political agreement must be according to letter and
spirit of the Amsterdam Joint communiqué of July 11, 2002 and the Framework
agreement of August 3, 2015 officially recognising and acknowledging the
sovereign Nagalim National Flag and sovereign Nagalim Constitution. Therefore,
the following are the non-negotiable issues if the GoI sincerely desires an
honourable and lasting political agreement with the NSCN and Nagalim:
1.For an
honourable negotiated political settlement between Nagalim and India, the GoI
must honour the letter and spirit of the Amsterdam Joint communiqué of July 11,
2002 and the Framework agreement of August 3, 2015
2.The
letter and spirit of the Amsterdam Joint communiqué of July 11, 2002 and the
Framework agreement of August 3, 2015 shall be the final benchmark for an
honourable negotiated political agreement between Nagalim and India.
3.The
sovereign Nagalim National Flag and sovereign Nagalim Constitution are
non-negotiable and they shall be integral in the political agreement.
In conclusion, we therefore counsel the GoI and its agencies
not to indulge in another misadventure with its “own employees” and
“non-political body” which will seriously jeopardised the Indo-Naga political
peace dialogue between the GoI and the NSCN and that will have serious negative
ramification.
