GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF NAGALIM
Ministry of Information and Publicity
PRESS STATEMENT
Oking, 9th April, 2018
In view of the repeated immature statement of Mr. Kiren Rijiju, MoS, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India creating a lot of confusion and thereby vitiating the environment of the negotiation, the NSCN deems it necessary to make it plain and clear to one and all of what has been transpiring all along these twenty one long years of historic negotiation.
It is unbecoming of Mr. Rijiju to have made such statements through the local and national media (reported widely on the 8th of April, 2018) of the on-going negotiation to which he is incompetent to comment. It is demeaning of him to denigrate the Indo-Naga talk which is being held at the Prime Ministerial level. At no point of the negotiation have both the parties ignored important political issues, and the concocted statement of Mr. Rijiju that, “NSCN has ‘dropped’ the stand of the Nagas on their sovereign right” is a figment of his own imagination. When the talk is progressing at the highest level, Mr. Rijiju has no business to talk on political issues of which he is ignorant.
The signing of the Framework Agreement on 3rd August, 2015 through the statesmanship of Mr. Narendra Modi, the Prime Minister of India and the NSCN leadership has lasi the principles and foundation towards the final solution.
At this crucial stage, giving out irresponsible statements in the media or otherwise by any individual or party that contravenes the spirit of the peace talk is uncalled for. We advise him to restrain himself from such repetition in the near future in the interest of both the parties.
Kuknalim!