NSCN NNPG collaboration

 

Support to NSCN (I-M) & WC/NNPGs commitment for collaboration

The Dawn Tantak

DIMAPUR,Jan' 24, 23: APEX  bodies representing various Naga tribes, cultural groups and churches have congratulated Working Committee of the NNPGs and NSCN (I-M) for their historic commitment for forming ‘Council of Naga Relationships’ and Cooperation led by Convenor NNPGs and NSCN (I-M) chairman, for declaring their “unconditional commitment to collaborate on the basis of our respective agreement with immediate effect for the resolution of the Naga historical and political rights with the Government of India.”

The support to the joint commitment was declared at a meeting Monday under the aegis of Forum for Naga Reconciliation (FNR) besides full support to NNPGs and NSCN (I-M)’s determination.

The meeting also empowered the NPGs for finding realistic ways to move forward in an honourable manner without any interference from internal and external forces.
The meeting also resolved to call upon Naga people to find deep connection with one another and form a collective speech and function as a whole in strengthening the commitment “to explore, at the earliest, realistic ways to move forward on the basis of Naga historical and political right,” as reflected in “Nagas are Moving Ahead” on January 14, 2023.

On this note, the organisations assured to work with immediate effect and urge all individuals and organisations to avoid making statements that created further confusion and division. They also called upon all believers in Christ to support prayer programmes organised by churches and prayer centres for peace and harmony and triumph over the evils of hate, violence and malicious agenda. They also urged upon all followers of Christ to wage the test of antagonism and intercede to God for truth and righteousness to prevail.

The organisations also noted that, lessons from the immediate Naga context of being “managed” by hands from within and without, had taught each other and discovered ways to correct superfluity.

They said the moral centre of Naga people and fellow humanity were being discovered and the people were finding a communal and spiritual ecology to remake their world to generate change.
The organisations also stressed that in present global politics, all stakeholders must avoid unsolved conflict, noting that all powers were tested and their legitimacy and power were in question.
The meeting noted that the history of Naga political movement demonstrated that all lives converged. “Today our past is offering us the gift to change. To this, we have resolved to work with immediate effect,” it concluded.

The meeting was attended by Vezalhu from Naga Sisha Hoho, Timikha Koza from Tenyimi People’s Organisation, Rev Tusaya Kath from Assembly of God, T. Lanu Imchen from Central Nagaland Tribes Council, Rev Visor H Zeliang from Fellowship of Naga Baptist Association, Shikuto Zalipu from Nagaland GB Federation, Toniho Yeptho from Nagaland Tribes Council, K Elu Ndang from Naga Hoho, Prof Rosemary Dzuvichu from Global Naga Forum and Sarah Nuh from Naga Mothers’ Association, all of whom attested their signatures on the resolution.