The Nagaland Assembly has yet again taken up the issue of Peace Talks.
Is this the Nagaland everyone want?
Participating in the debate on Governor Ajay Bhalla's address, NPF legislator Küzholüzo (Azo) Nienü has sought to caution himself and his friends about the "hidden agenda" of the younger generation - Gen Z !!
Let us assume that the Honourable MLA is right.
In the meantime a statement has come from a newly floated 'The Concern Naga Forum of Nagaland (CNFN)'. Reportedly it comprises mostly retired and semi-retired individuals.
The statement says:
"Today, the double talk and the despoiler game being played by the Govt. of Nagaland in its facilitation, the lackadaisical attitude of NSCN(IM) towards its own Framework Agreement and the lack of political will on the part of the Govt of India have collectively put the fate of the negotiations in jeopardy".
So Mr Azo may actually have to revisit his idea about 'hidden agenda'.
The Forum also says among other things -- that the Naga peace talks have been "hijacked by a few vested interest who have created a make-believe world for themselves inflicting an unbearable burden on the people". Such references make Azo's eloquent words made on the floor of the Assembly more 'relevant'.
The extortion is not only a menace, says Phek legislator and also a former Home Minister. He adds that there is poor implementation of the words uttered by the Governor in his address to the state assembly vis-a-vis taxations and extortion.
The bitter truth is the syndicate raj is having a gala time and New Delhi mandarins seem very little concerned about the state of affairs. This also makes us convinced that the naming of the new Forum and putting the word 'Concern' as a pre-fix is a good idea.
A few retired Babus with creative minds have rightly named the forum as such. Babudom is a process; it has certain level of innovation. But it is also a disease.
Look at the address delivered by a former Union Home Secretary. He is parroting the phrase of a discredited regime in Kohima. Well, given Constitutional positioning - an incumbent Governor has limitations. Still; given the context of Naga polity - one did/could expect 'bigger roles' for a Governor at Kohima's Lok Sewa Bhavan.
The name of the complex is no longer 'Raj' --- but the colonial tendency to be 'right' and authoritative remains even as one is on an utterly wrong path.
How ?
On Jan 17, 2020 and also Feb 13, 2021 - a man called R N Ravi had spoken about the closure of the Naga peace negotiations. So demand of a so-called political interlocutor at this juncture is both a childish stance punctuated with the mischief of confused mind and the motto to delaying things.
The assembly on both the occasions had passed the Motion of Thanks to Governor's address. That means the legislators had endorsed what the Governor had said !!
Love for Power continues ... 'absolute power'. Now time to prepare grounds for the children !! And the victims do not seem to realise that the menacing grip it has created for Mr Azo and his beloved leaders and the state Govt.
To make things understand better - here are a few quotes from Azo on the floor of the assembly :
"I believe there is a Solution to every problem.
"On Naga political issue, we should be very careful about our utterances."
"I am requesting the members... do not take the criticism negatively. Criticism does not mean, we are wrong, we are defeated. It means we are doing something. We are progressing" .
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| Azo Nienu : Compelled to make a few candid observations |
The Representation of 14 Tribes of Nagaland had submitted to the Prime Minister dated 17th December 2019, Quote “We have, time and again, made clear that we will not accept mere population integration without territorial integration; hence the concept of Pan-Naga Hoho (PNH) with sweeping powers and that too through an act of Parliament cannot be accepted by us".
Thus yet again; MLA Azo will have to push back and re-examine what he has been tried to speak or probably was asked to highlight on the floor of the assembly.
In a significant development and borne out of total frustration due to 'delay' in achieving the Naga political solution, Naga youths responded to the call to come together and band under the platform “Fed-Up Nagas”.
They want 'Naga solution' from the two preliminary pacts - Framework Agreement on August 3, 2015 with NSCN (I-M) and Agreed Position on November 17, 2017 with WC/NNPGs.
The FNTA has been agreed upon essentially to address the lack of developments and related issues of eastern Nagaland. Left to legislator Azo -- his home district Phek too has faced 'negligence'.
"I blame myself," Azo admits candidly. All these have been happening when the tenure of A K Mishra as advisor, northeast to the Home Ministrt, has come to an end.
Complexities remain.
A crossroads is a physical intersection where two or more roads meet, requiring caution and adherence to traffic signals. Figuratively, as we know such things represent a critical point of decision making.
Of course, bloggers who write a piece of two 'in advance' against the backdrop of a highly charged and volatile situations may always run the risk of having to eat own words.
In modern journalism -- we may call it perils of sticking the neck out.
However, there is a consolation. One is not alone. After long spell of indifference; a bunch of young people are saying they are 'fed up'. Slowly things may move the Gandhian way --- the well known 'non cooperation'.
Even the NNPGs -- who have presence in good numbers these days - will have to now develop a spirit of self-sacrifice in order to achieve something big.
In politics – there is no moral authority to speak on divisions, suspicion and hate.
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