NSCN (I-M)’s ato kilonser, Th. Muivah in his New Year message to the people said “2017 without Christ will never be a new year” and called upon all to shrug off and exhale the past differences. “No enemies can defeat and destroy the Nagas so long as they are on the Lord’s side. Nagas will be pulled down only by their own mistakes and sins,” he added. Muivah maintained that a nation cannot be built upon the foundation of hatred and communalism.