Naga Talks: ‘13 years, no breakthrough’
Dimapur, April 26 (MExN): The Naga-India political dialogue is already into its 13th year without “any positive approach,” the Naga Peoples Movement for Human Rights (NPMHR) said today
“The Naga-India political dialogue is running into its thirteenth year without any positive approach forthcoming from the government of India. Does the government of India think that peoples’ movements can be worn down so fast and easily?” the NPMHR said in a statement. The statement was appended by Dr.Neivetso Venuh.
The organization said no nation professing itself to be a democratic state can afford to be treading on policies of ‘repression, suppression and alienation’. The organization said there are “numerous groups of peoples who are struggling for attainment of their inalienable rights.” These rights are being denied by the state and the Indian state has adopted suppressive and repressive policies that hinder human development, the NPMHR said.
The organization stated: “Following the colonial policies of its erstwhile masters, the nascent independent India envisaged anti-native people policies which have resulted in upsurge of peoples’ movements in defense of their rights. In furtherance of its policies of subjugation, the government of India is driving the people to adopt more aggressive defense of their rights sometimes resulting in outbreak of violent encounters. In its effort to hide its crimes against humanity and further misleading the world community, the government has been inviting the struggling people to dialogue which never has seen any positive outcome.”
The NPMHR appeals to the “world community, especially those that had experienced subjugation and had been prey to colonial rules,” to come “to the rescue” of the struggling peoples of this corner of the world.
