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Dimapur: Naga Hoho, during a meeting with Rahul Gandhi in Nagaland, urged the latter to “facilitate with the government of the day and settle the Naga political issue by honouring the hard-earned agreement of the Framework Agreement of the 3rd August, 2015, for an honourable and acceptable political solution.”
Naga Hoho met Rahul Gandhi at the Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra campsite at Khuzama ground in Nagaland on January 15. During the meeting, Naga Hoho submitted a memorandum, while requesting the Congress leader and his party leadership to facilitate an honourable Indo-Naga political settlement.
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The Naga Hoho memorandum said, “After several rounds of political talks, it resulted into the signing of Framework Agreement of the 3rd August, 2015, and the recognition of the ‘uniqueness’ of Naga history and situation by the Government of India on the 11th June, 2002, in Amsterdam.” Naga Hoho also said, “In addition, the Government of India has also recognized the idea of “sharing sovereign power” and “co-existence of the two entities” which means Naga people will be entitled to have their own national flag and constitution.”
The Naga Hoho memorandum then said, “However, unfortunately the Government of India, despite its commitment for early political settlement seems to drag on without any logical conclusion.”
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“We are confident that strong political leadership can only find an honourable solution which is acceptable to both India and the Naga people and bring about enduring peace in this strategic geographical location which is considered as a gateway to the South East Asian countries,” the memorandum added.
Naga Hoho then said that “the modus operandi of the Government of India has been to use ‘delaying tactics’ as its strategy with no sincerity and political will. It has resorted to ‘divide and rule policy to split the rank and files of the leaders of the Naga political groups by constructing and implanting divisive narratives so as to exploit it for manufacturing consent to force its most deceptive piecemeal packages as solutions to the Nagas aspiration for self-determination.”
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The Naga Hoho memorandum then cautioned, “Now that it has not worked thus far, the Government of India seems to be thinking of reverting back to solutions through military operations by exploiting the situations to its advantage. The situation in Naga areas is likely to deteriorate and descend into complete chaos and bloody conflicts once again if not resolved in time”.
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