GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF NAGALIM
Ministry of Information and Publicity
PRESS STATEMENT
CHq Hebron, the 22nd March, 2022
What happened in Tirap district of Arunachal Pradesh on the 20th March, 2022 has got on the nerve of NSCN after the Nginu killing more than a year ago. But this time round, the National Socialist Council of Nagalim (NSCN) is not going to take the things lying down. NSCN have had enough in the hands of the Assam Rifles (AR), and it is now time to say ‘enough is enough’. Two NSCN cadres being gunned down deliberately despite knowing that they are not NSCN-K (YA) members is something we cannot forbear any longer. There is, therefore, a question from NSCN and a decisive answer that should come forth from the Government of India (GoI) on the status of the Indo-Naga ceasefire in Arunachal Pradesh. Ridiculous enough, on many occasions, the AR has gone too aggressive to get the best of the Cease Fire Ground Rules (CFGRs) to suit its devilish design against NSCN which exercised a gentleman attitude all the way to honor the CFGRs. The AR do not give a hoot when it comes to the CFGRs no matter how abusive it looks from the political perspective which goes into signing the historic Indo-Naga ceasefire in 1997. This has been the reckless attitude of the AR for the last twenty (25) years while rubbing the wrong side of NSCN.
NSCN is ready to go for unrestrained fury to give sleepless nights to the AR in Arunachal Pradesh if the mindless attack against NSCN goes on unabated under one pretext or the other.
Arunachal Pradesh has been on NSCN’s radar for quite sometimes when the Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister and his Deputy Chief Minister entered into a political conspiracy to erase the ethnic identity of the Nagas in the state. NSCN shall leave no stone unturned not to allow any Naga MLAs/Ministers to walk away scot-free on charges of supporting anti-Naga socio-politico stand.
NSCN has not sent its forces to Arunachal Pradesh to create nuisance or provoke the trigger happy AR. It is our right to exercise prerogative. It is our right to contribute building peace in our land to fulfill the purpose of signing the ceasefire 25 years ago. But if the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), Government of India, thinks that there is no ceasefire in Arunachal Pradesh, let it be so. NSCN shall waste no time to unbound itself from the shackle of the ceasefire ground rules it believes covers Arunachal Pradesh.
MIP, NSCN/GPRN