The United Naga Council (UNC) on Friday announced that the Naga people will not take part in the ensuing Republic Day celebration in all Naga areas of Manipur as a part of the non-cooperation movement against the Central government.
The non-cooperation movement was taken up to demonstrate strong displeasure of the Naga people at the delaying of the mutually agreed ‘Framework Agreement’ signed on August 3, 2015 between two entities recognising sovereign rights of the Naga people as the basis for an honourable solution of Naga political talks, UNC stated in a release.
It stated that during an emergency presidential council meeting of the UNC on Wednesday, it unanimously re-affirmed the support of the Naga people to the ongoing political talk between the Centre and NSCN (I-M).
UNC also mentioned that it takes serious note of continuous denial of the legitimate political rights of the Nagas and dishonouring and imposing of various bi-lateral political agreements between the Nagas and the different regimes of India over the years.
It also gave a clarion call to all Nagas across borders to come forward and stand together to the end to defend their inalienable rights to live as a dignified people.
UNC also mentioned that the meeting also resolved to declare various facts.
It was declared that Naga-Akbar Hydari Accord (Nine Point Agreement) signed on June 28, 1947 was unilaterally abrogated by the Government of India on the ground that “it is a commitment of a by-gone era”.
The meeting declared that the Government of India forcibly created Nagaland State in 1960, without the consent of the Naga people and the Naga National Council (NNC).
The Government of India put the newly created Nagaland state under President’s Rule and coerced a section of the NNC leaders to sign the Shillong Accord on November 11, 1975 at Shillong without the consent of the Naga people, it stated.
While the talks were going on in the Third Neutral Country outside India, the Government of India invited the NSCN leaders to New Delhi in 2005, to expedite the Naga Political Settlement but the talks still made no headway, it further stated.
The meeting further declared that the ‘Framework Agreement’ was signed on August 3, 2015 to serve as guiding principle to bring early political solutions to the Naga Political Conflict.
However, the declaration of the agreement by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi, “the agreement is a shining example of what we can achieve when we deal with each other in a spirit of equality, respect, trust and confidence…We mark not merely the end of a problem but the beginning of a new future…We will not only try to heal wounds and resolve problems, but also be your partner as you restore your pride and prestige… It is a lesson and inspiration in our troubled world,” still remains unfulfilled even after six years, UNC stated. .
UNC continued that the recent massacre of Naga youths at Oting village, Mon district on December 4 and 5, 2021 is yet again a barbaric display of Genocide and an undeclared war against Nagas by the Indian Army under the cover of the Armed Forces Special Power (AFSPA) Act, 1958. It demanded that such a draconian law be repealed at the earliest.
Asserting that all the appeals made by the people for an early Naga Political Solution remained brazenly unheeded by the Government of India, UNC further stated that the Naga people will never accept any piecemeal or imposed solution outside the letter and spirit of the ‘Framework Agreement’.
