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12/19/2010: "Muivah asking UNC to seek alternative political arrangement: GPRN/NSCN (EMN)"

Muivah asking UNC to seek alternative political arrangement: GPRN/NSCN (EMN)

Dimapur): The GPRN/NSCN has accused NSCN-IM General Secretary Th. Muivah of instructing United Naga Council (UNC) to demand alternative political arrangement for Nagas in Manipur.
“At a time when the ‘Covenant of Reconciliation’ of which NSCN-IM chairman Isak Chishi is a signatory, marches on, his General Secretary nesting at Lodhi Estate and traveling in Indian passport, has instructed United Naga Council (UNC), the mouthpiece of IM, to demand alternative political arrangement for Nagas in Manipur,” the MIP, GPRN/NSCN, said in a release today.
It said if the statement of Union Home Minister P Chidambaram in local dailies on December 15 is to be believed, “it is unlikely that there is anything left for IM to concoct and confuse the Naga people.”
The GPRN/NSCN also stated that it is in the knowledge of the Nagas that the UNC takes it orders from NSCN-IM and that without its approval and consent the UNC would not dare open its mouth, much less hold a tripartite meeting with GoI and Manipur government representatives like the one held on December 14.
“The silence of IM is simply perplexing, considering the alternative political arrangement refers to the huge majority of IM civil and military officers’ native villages and towns accepting Indian constitution unconditionally,” the release said.
The GPRN/NSCN has also alleged that Muivah has entrusted Sword Vashum and his associates to expedite the alternative political arrangement, adding that there was no opinion seeking exercise with Nagas from the states of Nagaland, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh and the Nagas from across the international border.
“If IM still stands for sovereignty and independence of the Nagas, many of the present UNC leaders, by now would have vanished without a trace,” it said.
Stating that the infamous Shillong Accord left a bloody trail in the pages of Naga history, the GPRN/NSCN said the UNC’s demand for alternative political arrangement within the framework of the Indian constitution is in a nutshell a fulfillment of some maverick’s politics becoming the missing link in a jigsaw puzzle.
“Perhaps the full form of ‘Nagalim’ is Nagas living in Manipur,” it said.
Stating that the Covenant of Reconciliation signed by three Naga leaders including Chairman Isak Chishi Swu of NSCN-IM has been greatly appreciated by Nagas at every level, the GPRN/NSCN said the proposed meeting of top leadership, when and where it takes place, is keenly awaited by the Nagas.
“GPRN/NSCN is convinced that Indo-Naga political solution will solely depend on how early Naga groups resolve their differences and entrench their common goal,” it said.
The GPRN/NSCN also alleged that the happy festive season is however dampened by repeated media invasion by disgruntled elements at Hebron Camp who eternally oppose any positive move towards genuine reconciliation of the Nagas.
“To remain silent would not be in the interest of the Nagas and therefore GPRN/NSCN would like to remind the Naga people that, firstly, when the like minded National workers from IM and NSCN (K) came together and reconciled on 22nd Nov. 2007, with approval from Chairman Isak Chishi Swu, the pessimists at Hebron Camp called it a ‘back door unity’ without the sanction of the Chairman,” it stated.
“Secondly, the GPRN/NSCN and the NNC/FGN reconciled at Monyakshu on 15th July 2010 and here again elements at Hebron Camp issued a statement condemning the coming together of two Naga groups. On 14th Dec. 2010, when GPRN/NSCN, NNC and FGN issued a declaration to unite unconditionally, elements at Hebron camp again called it a back door,” the GPRN/NSCN said.
It further explained that reconciliation, in its true sense, has no ‘back door’ or ‘front door’.