Crucial meeting of NPAC, apex hohos today

A crucial meeting of the Nagaland People’s Action Committee (NPAC) along with all the apex tribal hohos of Nagaland will be held on January 12 to deliberate on the forthcoming state Assembly election vis-à-vis Naga political solution.
Asserting that the proposed meeting was of “utmost importance”, NPAC has urged all tribal apex hohos to attend the meeting to be held at Hotel Saramati from 11 a.m.
NPAC on Monday said that the people of the State were of the view that the BJP government has not been able to fulfil its election promise of 2018– “Election for Solution”.
A civil society organization (CSO) leader, who wished not to be named, said that the meeting of all the tribal hohos, irrespective of all issues, was crucial as it would decide the next course of action on how to push Centre to accord top-most priority to announce the final settlement to the decades old Naga political issue.
While acknowledging that holding Assembly elections was a constitutional requirement, he, however, noted that “it is more important for the people– the ones who vote, to first have a free and peaceful life from all kinds of forces to choose our own leaders.”
He said the Government of India should first understand that the decades old unresolved Naga issue was the root cause of all issues that have plagued the society be it tribalism, corruption, extortion, threats, syndicates, manipulation, division etc.
“Elections will come and go but if the Nagas miss the bus for solution, we will be doomed for generations,” he asserted.
It is an opportune time for all Nagas to leave aside all the so called tribal/clan issues and stand up as one, to demand what has been promised by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his party (BJP) to solve the Naga issue in 2018 with the slogan “Election for Solution”.
“We cannot point our fingers only at the Central government. The Naga Political Groups are equally responsible to hear the people’s cry for a peaceful Nagaland. We have had enough,” he stated.
Therefore, the CSO leader appealed to all the apex tribal hoho leaders to leave aside any kind of differences and attend the January 12 meeting with an open mind and deliberate on how to arrive at a consensus decision to give a final push to ensure that Naga political settlement is achieved this time.