Nagas to have the freedom to decide the fate of their own destiny: NSCN-IM

GUWAHATI: On ceasefire militant outfit, NSCN-IM desire the unification of their land which is at the heart of their existence. The outfit asserted Nagas to have the freedom to decide the fate of their own destiny.

This has come at a time when recently the government of India and NSCN-IM had talks. In a statement NSCN-IM on Thursday added, “the NSCN has also taken initiative to hold consultations with Naga Civil Societies representative including all the Naga tribal Councils and Churches. In the consultations with the NSCN, the Naga Civil Societies has extended its full support to the ongoing Peace Process between India and NSCN.

The outfit stated, “NSCN in return has made a clarion call to every Naga, irrespective of their past and standing, to participate in the peace process. The consultations are an ongoing process to deepen the understanding between the NSCN and Naga civil society and to ensure that, the NSCN embodies the fullest aspiration and rights of the Naga while negotiating with India.”

“It is also the expressed will and desire of the Naga for their ancestral land to be united once more into One geo-political entity- Nagalim. Nagas live on their own land that belongs to them nothing less than that, nothing more than that! Nagas have lived in these territories from time immemorial.” NSCN-IM added.

NSCN-IM further said, “The aspiration of the Nagas to live together is nothing unusual but natural. Nagas will certainly continue to live in their lands forever, but it is also a, historical fact that Nagalim has been kept divided arbitrarily by the British and the Indian State. The Nagas, for the fullest realization of their identity and rights, therefore desire the unification of their land which is at the heart of their existence. It implies the desired will of the Nagas to have the freedom to decide the fate of their own destiny.”