"It is time to settle Naga Political solution and not Election" says NNPG :::: Tearing of Ordinance by Rahul led to UPA defeat, says Ghulam Nabi Azad

Peace derailing? NNPG threatens to "revert back to pre-independent position"

New Delhi

The 'delay' in finalising a solution to the decades old complex Naga issue could derail the hard won Peace parleys. "If a negotiated solution is to be kept undeclared and prolonged, disrespecting and hurting the Naga people's sentiment, the aggrieved Nagas have every right to revert back to pre-independent India position and status of 1929 memorandum,"the NNPG said in a hard hitting statement from its camp near Dimapur. The reference to 1929 is significant as it was that year that a Naga delegation had submitted a memorandum tothe Simon Commission (as appointed by the colonial British rulers) stating that the community would liketo stay 'independent'. "The right to self-determination is not an exclusive right of strong and powerful nations alone", said the umbrella organisation of seven Naga militant groups operating in Nagaland. Toughening its stance on the vexed issue, the NNPG media cell said -"Anti-solution elements hijacking Naga political solution for personal aggrandizement shall be solely responsible for any eventuality."  Virtually rejecting the political process in the state as political parties have gone hyper active recently,the NNPG stated - "The right to self-determination is not an exclusive right of strong and powerful nations alone" Issuing a stern warning the statement said - "It is time for the Government of India to be forthcoming".  It also said - "NNPGs will adhere to the pioneering revolutionary leaders and respond to anti-solution elements as deemed appropriate".  The Naga peace talks had commenced in 1997 during I K Gujara's tenure as PM; and later onlyPM Narendra Modi gave it a definite push and signed a preliminary pact first with NSCN -IM in 2015and an Agreed Position  with NNPG in 2017.

"The antagonists should understand that the delay is neither in the interest of the Govt of India nor of Nagas. The question to Honorable Prime Minister of India is, If the GoI was not determined to solve the Naga issue, why was official invitation extended to Naga entities?"

The NNPG aso said that the Hon'ble Prime Minister Mr. Narendra Modi had the "courage and guts to depute trusted interlocutor Mr. R.N Ravi to interlocute with the Naga groups. The same Hon'ble Prime Minister is still at the helm, he began the talks, he must conclude it." --- "Why begin something if it cannot be concluded? Naga people and their history cannot be held hostage for cheap political gains for cheap selfish leader," the statement said. Significantly, the statement said: "The antagonists should understand that the delay is neither in the interest of the Govt of India nor of Nagas. The question to Honorable Prime Minister of India is, If the GoI was not determined to solve the Naga issue, why was official invitation extended to Naga entities? The Hon'ble Prime Minister Mr. Narendra Modi had the courage and guts to depute trusted interlocutor Mr. R.N Ravi to interlocute with the Naga groups. The same Hon'ble Prime Minister is still at the helm, he began the talks, he must conclude it." --- "Why begin something if it cannot be concluded? Naga people and their history cannot be held hostage for cheap political gains for cheap selfish leaders," it said. Both the umbrella platform NNPG and its leader N Kitovi Zhimomi have been strong proponents ofsolution and hence the statement issued  must be taken with seriousness.  Significantly the statement came hours after BJP general secretary, Organisation, B L Santhosh kickedoff the election preparedness process in Nagaland. The regional party, NDPP and BJP are in power in the state and the ruling dispensation also enjoyssupport of another regional party, NPF. The BJP has also inked a 20:40 seat share formula with NDPP- a pact that has been resented by several BJP workers and leaders. The NNP statement blamed the state government saying, "Today, the opposition-less government in Nagaland is creating so much friction within Naga tribes. The Govt of India is being misinformed on matters on the ground. The overwhelming demand of the people for early solutions is being ignored".  It also said, "The narrative is shrewdly being manipulated to electoral narrative from political solution.  Government of India (GoI) representatives and inner circle of Nagaland's elected representatives are visibly saying one thing one day and doing the opposite the next day, playing havoc with the sentiment of the Naga people".  The NNPG also said - "The four point resolution adopted by 60 MLAs on 16th July 2022 gave a clear lucid signal to the GoI that the Naga tribes, state government, apex civil societies and common people were prepared for a political solution. However, the resolution was not meant to officially reach the PMO or the office of Hon'ble Home Minister of India".  "It was a mere exercise to fool the Naga people. On 26th July 2022, the NDPP and BJP betrayed the Naga people with a 40-20 pre-poll alliance,' the NNPG stated. ends   (Nirendra Dev is a New Delhi-based journalist. He is also author of books, 'The Talking Guns: North East India' and 'Modi to Moditva: An Uncensored Truth'. Views are personal)

"It is time to settle Naga Political solution and not Election" -- says NNPG

"NNPGs will adhere to the pioneering revolutionary leaders and respond to anti-solution elements as deemed appropriate.

The antagonists should understand that the delay is neither in the interest of Govt of India nor of Nagas. The question to Honorable Prime Minister of India is, If the GoI was not determined to solve the Naga issue, why was official invitation extended to Naga entities?

The Hon'ble Prime Minister Mr. Narendra Modi had the courage and guts to depute trusted interlocutor Mr. R.N Ravi to interlocute with the Naga groups. The same Hon'ble Prime Minister is still at the helm, he began the talks, he must conclude it."

--- "Why begin something if it cannot be concluded? Naga people and their history cannot be held hostage for cheap political gains for cheap selfish leaders.

However"It is time to settle Naga Political solution and not Election".

#NNPG toughens stance against 'delay' for #Solution to #Peace talks...says: "Anti-solution elements hijacking #Naga political solution for personal aggrandizement shall be solely responsible for any eventuality."

"It is time for Govt of India to be forthcoming. If a negotiated solution is to be kept undeclared and prolonged, disrespecting and hurting the Naga people's sentiment, the aggrieved Nagas have every right to revert back to pre-independent India position and status of 1929 memo. The right to self-determination is not an exclusive right of strong and powerful nations alone".

First generation Naga UG leaders and commanders

Tearing of Ordinance by Rahul Gandhi chiefly led to UPA defeat in in 2014 : Ghulam Nabi Azad

Tearing of Ordinance by #RahulGandhi was " more than anything else contributed significantly to the defeat of the UPA Government in 2014 which was at the receiving end of a campaign of calumny" - #GhulamNabiAzad

 

“The entire organisational election process is a farce and a sham. At no place anywhere in the country have elections been held at any level of the organisation. Handpicked lieutenants of the AICC have been coerced to sign on lists prepared by the coterie that runs the AICC sitting in 24 Akbar Road,” Azad said.

 

“.....the entire consultative mechanism which existed earlier was demolished by him”.

“All senior and experienced leaders were sidelined and new coterie of inexperienced sycophants started running the affairs of the party".

“Under your stewardship (Sonia Gandhi's) since 2014 and subsequently that of Rahul Gandhi, the INC has lost two Lok Sabha elections in a humiliating manner. It has lost 39 out of the 49 assembly elections held between 2014-2022. 

The party only won four state elections and was able to get into a coalition situation in six instances. Unfortunately, today, the INC is ruling in only two states and is a very marginal coalition partner in two other states. 

“Since the 2019 elections, the situation in the party has only worsened. After Rahul Gandhi stepped down in a huff and not before insulting all the senior party functionaries who have given their lives to the party in a meeting of the extended Working Committee, you took over as interim president. A position that you have continue to hold even today for the past three years. 

Worse still, the ‘remote control model’ that demolished the institutional integrity of the UPA government now got applied to the Indian National Congress. While you are just a nominal figurehead, all the important decisions were being taken by Rahul Gandhi or rather worse his security guard’s and PA’s,” Azad added. 

“In the August of 2020 when I and 22 other senior colleagues including former Union Ministers and Chief Ministers wrote to you to flag the abysmal drift in the party, the coterie chose to unleash its sycophants on us and got us attacked, vilified and humiliated in the most crude manner possible. 

In fact, on the directions of the coterie that runs the AICC today, my mock funeral procession was taken out in Jammu. Those who committed this indiscipline were feted in Delhi by the General Secretaries of the AICC and Rahul Gandhi personally. 

Subsequently the same coterie unleashed its goondas to physically attack the residence of a former ministerial colleague Kapil Sibal, who incidentally was defending you and your kin in the courts of law for your alleged attacks of omission and commission,” Azad said.

“The only crime committed by the 23 senior leaders who wrote that letter out of concern for the party is that they pointed out both the reasons for the weaknesses in the party and the remedies thereof. Unfortunately, instead of taking those views on board in a constructive and cooperative manner, we were abused, humiliated, insulted and vilified in a specially summoned meeting of the extended CWC meeting.