Asserting that Nagaland governor RN Ravi’s recent “reckless statement” in Nagaland Assembly that the “Indo-Naga” political talks have concluded created “unnecessary confusion”, the NSCN (I-M) Wednesday said that talk was progressing, adding “Indo-Naga political talk teams are back on the table”.
NSCN (I-M) through its MIP stated that the “historic Framework Agreement (FA) signed on the 3rd August, 2015 is being brought back to live in order to remove any misinterpretation and thereby hasten the signing of Naga solution agreement.”
Maintaining that Ravi’s “statements and conclusions” reflected his role as Nagaland governor and not as interlocutor, the NSCN (I-M) said “It is a matter of regret that his role as interlocutor is nothing less than disparaging and dismal.”
According to NSCN (I-M), the status of the “Indo-Naga” political talks that came up in the last parliamentary session was confirmed by the Union Government that the talk was at an advanced stage.
“No doubt, this is the ground reality of the Indo-Naga political talk and NSCN talk team is leaving no stone unturned to safeguard the political identity of the Naga people,” it stated. Further, NSCN (I-M) termed as “very unfortunate” Ravi making “such a misleading statement before the whole nation by blatantly contradicting the GoI and the Indian Parliament besides the 136 crores
Indians and the world community in the matter of such sensitive Indo-Naga political negotiations going on for more than two decades.” In the matter of Naga political issue, NSCN (I-M) said Ravi should be cautious of every single word he uttered “lest his credibility is damned.”
It maintained that the “Indo-Naga” political talk was being handled by both the parties to take the Naga people and the government of India to the point that was honourable and acceptable. “This is the official understanding and the only way to conclude the talk,” NSCN (I-M) said.
Therefore, NSCN (I-M) maintained that it would, under no circumstances, fail the Nagas, adding that it would never sign any agreement that was short of the mutual standard as agreed upon.