Now, NNPGs join issue with NSCN-IM :::: Says ... "At no point of time it did express desire to be a part of any Solution pact where NSCN-IM was a party to"

Days before August 14th, the much cherished and the much talked about 'Naga Independence Day, the NNPGs has clarified that "at no point of time" it had any desire to be a part of any agreement where NSCN - IM was a party to. 

"There is a term going around called a "Common Draft" for convergence of all stakeholders. Let it be known that it is the initiative of the Government of India (Gol) for an inclusive Naga solution. The WC, NNPGs have acknowledged it in principle, provided the draft do not disturb the core fabric of AGREED POSITION of 17th November 2017," said a statement from the conglomeration.

The working committee of the NNPGs led by N Kitovi Zhimomi also made it clear that the Agreed Position inked in 201 ... 

" is the only historical Agreement which distinctly pinpoints the Nagas' right to self-determine their future, while respecting contemporary political realities".

Candid operator : N Kitovi (NNPG convener)

PM Modi 

The NNPG statement says:

"Due appreciation must go to the Forum for Naga Reconciliation (FNR) for the following Reconciliatory Agreements among Naga groups: 

1. COVENANT OF RECONCILIATION-13th June 2009 

2. NAGA CONCORDANT- 26th August 2011. 

3. LENTEN AGREEMENT-28th March 2014. 

It says: "Unfortunately, the NSCN-IM leadership utilised these agreements only to reflect legitimacy and impress New Delhi. 

The Gol acted in haste too as NSCN-IM delegation flew to Delhi without a single stakeholder from the FNR, Apex Tribal bodies, the Church or civil society groups, and signed the infamous FA on 03rd August 2015. The rest, they say, is history. 

"There was absolutely no consultation with the Naga tribes prior to signing the document. The moral and emotional consent and approval of the Naga Tribes never pricked their conscience. 

Even today, Nagas are not privy to their real political conversation. 

"For this very reason the Indigenous Nagas, the ancestral entities do not consider FA as genuinely theirs. Consider the word 'NAGALIM', it is a utopian term, irrelevant and non-existent in the Naga history pages, no wonder 'NAGALAND' and not NAGALIM was used in the FA headline! 

"Today, all these FNR guided agreements lay in tatters. 

Skeletons are protruding from the ground as to why the Framework Agreement (FA) has become a secret agenda incapable of standing scrutiny before the Naga people."

File snap: NSCN-IM leaders Muivah and Late Isak Chishi Swu

The NNPG statement further says:

"From the very beginning it was designed as an exclusive closed-door subject of select few within NSCN (IM) set-up. 

The very idea of inclusive Naga political solution is an anathema to them. 

"Naga people have decoded the FA minutely. 

"The real motive over NSCN IM's Flag and Constitution is this: 

It is more of an insurance policy, an emotional tool to continue transferring Nagaland's wealth to acquire assets in Ukhrul and elsewhere. 

"A bargaining chip for constitutional guarantee as part of political solution. 

To transfer Intangki reserve forest stretch and surrounding areas, create a township for Nagas from Manipur only. 

"They plan to administer the area by senior Tangkhul members welding political and administrative power through new political arrangement. 

This layer of political discourse cannot be disclosed even to their very own civil and military workers from Nagaland state, let alone put out in the public domain". 

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