Kohima Bureau
Kohima, March 22 (EMN): The Federal Government of Nagaland (FGN) has criticised the government of India for being biased and giving preference to a particular faction.
Addressing the 63rd Republic Day celebration at Transit Peace Camp, Kohima on March 22, Kedahge of the Federal Government of Nagaland, General (Retd) Viyalie Metha said that the ongoing talks between the GoI and NSCN (IM) is not finding its logical conclusion as it involves ‘only a group and not the entire Naga population.’
“India’s obvious actions were shown to all when India rescued Muivah from Thailand jail in the year 2000; protects him and his group in Delhi and making big talks, but fails to find a way out for a solution with a group,” he said.
Metha firmly asserted that the Naga people will continue to stand ‘where we stood in the beginning, that is, Urra Uvie (our land belongs to us)’.
“We want India to withdraw her occupational armed forces from our land peacefully, because India has no right to occupy Nagaland,” he said.
“The FGN maintains peace and continues to honour the Indo-Naga Ceasefire Agreement of 1964 hoping India will come to terms with rational and honourable settlement of Indo-Naga conflict without delay. The enemy is trying hard to annihilate our people in all manners. Even our religion is being put in danger. We have withstood all hardships so far and we shall overcome,” he stated.
Metha recalled that India had committed many crimes in the attempt to annex Nagaland. “India started war with the Nagas in 1955 and also promulgated and enforced its black laws including the Assam Maintenance of Public Order 1952 and Armed Forces Special Powers Act 1958. India also set up renegade groups and used them with the objective to exterminate NNC and FGN,” he said, adding that “it is not possible to expose all in a day, but India’s crimes shall be revealed in due time.”
On the day, the FGN Kedahge also thanked the Almighty for his grace and mercy upon the Naga people and the nation, while he also paid rich tributes to the past leaders and near and dear ones who had suffered and sacrificed defending ‘our motherland’.
Special songs were sang by Chiechama Baptist Church youth department and Khomi women. A short speech was delivered by senior citizen Thepfulhouvi Solo. The FGN president unfurled the Naga flag. The president of Naga National Council, Adinno Phizo also attended the programme.
