Nagaland Tribes Council (NTC) has appealed to the Government of India (GoI) to invite all the political groups for dialogues and to consult the stake holders for a lasting political solution, in the event of any negotiation leading to acceptable solution other than the mandated struggle for Sovereignty.
While appreciating the bold initiative taken by the Government of India (GoI) to resolve Naga Political problem having strong desire to provide an honourable and permanent solution, Nagaland Tribes Council (NTC) however maintained that the “one and only mandate given by the Nagas, is the historic plebiscite of 1951, pledged to struggle for Naga self determination.”
In a press release, NTC media cell also acknowledged Interlocutor for Naga talks, R.N. Ravi’s public statement that the proposed solution would not be in piecemeal.
Asserting that the “it has to be inclusive”, NTC said: “This approach is realistic because of the fact that unless all political groups and genuine stake holders are taken into confidence, acceptable solution cannot be expected.”
“The Nagas believe that Life is synonymous with land and we cannot imagine life without land. In consonance with this inalienable truth, the state of Nagaland is given absolute constitutional right over land and its resources by the pioneers of the country,” NTC stated.
It further went on to state that if integration of contiguous Naga areas were not possible, any arrangement of population integration without land or rehabilitation of people at the cost of the state of Nagaland would not be acceptable. Meanwhile, NTC appealed to the Government of India to have magnanimity and revoke ban on NSCN (K) and to resume the cease-fire, to enable the group to be part of the negotiation.