Taking strong exception against the Supreme Court’s dismissal of criminal charges against the “Indian Army officials in the killing of Naga civilians” in Mon district of Nagaland, the Joint Council meeting of National Socialist Council of Nagalim NSCN (I-M) held on Tuesday expressed condemnation in the strongest term, a press statement of the NSCN (I-M) said.
The statement said it is a blatant violation of human rights and against the spirit of right to life and liberty.
The NSCN (I-M) then said, “Certainly, the Supreme Court of India found itself helpless to go against the notorious Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) that continues to victimize the Nagas, even after the 1997 ceasefire to process the Indo-Naga political solution. Ironically”.
The statement also said that Nagas “abhor AFSPA because it is incompatible” with the spirit of the Government of India seeking Naga political solution. The NSCN (I-M) asserted that Nagas would not surrender tamely but fight for justice.
The Joint Council Meeting of the NSCN (I-M) also passed a resolution against the “controversial” Registration of Indigenous Inhabitants of Nagaland (RIIN) “that violates the very meaning of indigenous peoples in the context of God-given Naga nation”. The NSCN (I-M) stated that RIIN “dilutes” the Naga meaning of indigenous “as RIIN comes with divisive venom to divide the Nagas, as instigated by the forces against the Naga nation”.
The statement also said Nagas as indigenous peoples have no class and no boundary. It added that Nagas are one and Nagas are indigenous wherever they are in their God-given land, Nagalim. “Therefore, the present form of RIIN classification of indigenous based on artificial state boundaries is not acceptable to the Naga people, come what may we shall resist!” it strongly asserted.
Another resolution adopted is to resist the border fencing along the Indo-Myanmar international border and the “Scrapping of Free Movement Regime (FMR)”, said the statement. This also violates the spirit of Indo-Naga political talks to find a peaceful Naga political solution, it also stated.
The statement then said “NSCN” is against the scrapping of FMR and therefore shall not tolerate border fencing and “we shall do whatever is deemed fit to stop such aggression against the existence of Naga brotherhood as a nation”.
