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09/06/2011: "NSCN blames Khole for split The Telegraph Kohima,"
NSCN blames Khole for split The Telegraph | Kohima,
The National Socialist Council of Nagaland (Khaplang), which once regarded former commander-in-chief Khole as hero and dedicated rebel leader, is now blaming him for the split of the NSCN in 1988.
After the split of NSCN (K) in June this year, Khole has become the chairman of NSCN (Khole-Kitovi) based in Dimapur. The NSCN (K), in a statement, accused its former commander of killing hundreds of cadres loyal to Thiungaleng Muivah, now general secretary of the Isak-Muivah faction of the National Socialist Council of Nagalim.
Khole’s delusional memory made him boldly proclaim himself as peacemaker and always maintained that he had nothing to do with bloodspill. However, the fact that he himself was the chief commander and only by his order did the Konyak soldiers massacre the Tangkhuls and other Nagas who opted to follow Muivah stands as testimony to his heinous crimes,” the statement from the Khaplang group said.
Currently, Khole is meeting Muivah and other Naga rebel leaders for reconciliation.
Timber smuggling unabated in Karbi Anglong forest Kamal Kr Brahma Assam times
Timber smugglers have been holding sway in Karbi Anglong reserve forests. Illegal trade of timbers has been unabated in the Karbi Anglong hill district. Many valuable logs are being supplied to Nagaland nighbouring State of Assam.
Besides, illegal timber Sawmills are appeared mushrooming along the Karbi Anglong-Nagaon border areas, basically such illegal Sawmills have been running openly at Samurali, Chowdhury bazaar and Zinda bazaar areas of Nagaon district which places are adjacent to Howraghat. The timber smugglers operating in the Karbi Anglong forest reserves since long causing large-scale deforestation.
The illegal trade of timber has flourished in the State as well as in Karbi Anglong hill district for several years now despite a Supreme Court ban, primarily because of the absence of an effective and cohesive joint mechanism between the forest officials of the Karbi Anglong and Nagaon district. As a result, timber smuggling and transportation are continuing unabated openly in Karbi Anglong hill district since past couple of year and posing a threat to the ecological balance of entire the district.
It is worth mentioning that taking advantage of the slack administration of the Forest department; many valuable trees are being felled regularly in Karbi Anglong reserve forests and supplied daily by the timber smugglers in support some local people to the different parts of the State and as well as its nighbouring Nagaland State too. Besides, as the rain starts in summer season, the felled logs are tied up in rafts and sent down through the Jamuna river to the respective illegal bench-saw mills set up along the Karbi Anglong-Nagaon district areas. Though sometimes logs carried by the smugglers were being seized by Karbi Anglong forest, yet the cutting of trees and supplying of timbers have not been stopped.
It may be mentioned here that on Wednesday night too, the Bakaliaghat police under the leadership of Khargeswar Bordoloi, SI, managed to nab two persons from Shilveta Langmili area while they were loading timbers in a truck.
According to police report, though two were detained the other timber smugglers managed to flee from the spot. From the possession, a truck registration bearing No AS-09C/3348 was seized and the two detainees were identified as Nanda Yadav and Ajit Mahatu.
On the other hand, while replying the questions of reporters, SI, Bordoloi revealed on the ongoing timber smuggling in Karbi Anglong. But it is amazing that despite having the specific reports regarding the illegally running sawmills in the Nagaon-Karbi Anglong border areas, both the districts are failing to stop the illegal activities due to the absence of an effective and cohesive joint mechanism.
NSCN/GRPN responds back to NPCC President morungexpress
Dimapur, (MExN): The NSCN/GPRN reacts testily to the press statement of president of Nagaland Pradesh congress Committee SI Jamir “who echoed the party's stand that ‘any Naga settlement should be acceptable to all.’"
“Mr.SI Jamir is advised to keep track of what is happening today with regards to reconciliation and peace process. The fact that FNR (Forum for Naga Reconciliation) initiated reconciliation process has made significant progress where the highest level leaders have decided to forgive and forget each others wrong doings of the past against each other and focus on strengthening peace process,” a note from the publicity cell of the NSCN/GPRN stated today.
Going further, the note said, a “high level committee” to “concretize” the formation of a “Naga national government” with the main purpose of strengthening the ongoing peace process with the government of India.
“This step leaves nothing to doubt that NSCN is not going to allow any solution imposed by government of India and in the same spirit it is not going to impose any solution on the Naga people without having proper interaction with the people,” the NSCN/GPRN said.
The group condescended saying that the Congress party “should avoid creating confusion without first adopting to the changing political ground reality and place themselves among the larger group who are working tirelessly to bring solution that is honorable and acceptable to both India and the Naga people.”
“To bring back and apply the mistakes of the past to the Naga people’s aspiration under the ongoing peace process will never be acceptable,” the note said
The group claimed further that “NSCN have never taken the stand to isolate the contents of the political talks from the people” but had “given enough indications” that “when the right time comes” the people “will always be consulted.”
Rebels target traders' children in Dimapur Times of india
TNN Despite the state government's resolve to put an end to rampant extortion and kidnappings in the commercial hub of Nagaland, there seems to be no respite for the traders who are constantly living under the shadow of terror.
The recent incidents of abduction for ransom, particularly in the last one month, have virtually crippled trade and commerce in Dimapur with most of the traders fearing to be slapped with extortion notices from various militant outfits every moment. To make matter worse, the rebel groups have now started kidnapping the traders' children.
On Saturday morning, suspected rebels abducted a Class IV student of Holotoli School while he was waiting for a bus. There's no news of the boy is still not known. On August 21, another boy was kidnapped while he was playing with his friends near the Midland area. The Class-3 student of Mother Many was, however, released after his parents paid ransom to the kidnappers.
On July 31, a Class IX student of SD Jain Higher Secondary School was abducted from the state stadium where he had gone along with his friends to play cricket. He was released on August 2, but only after his parents paid a heavy ransom to the abductors.
Incidentally, all these children represent the non-Naga community businessmen. The series of abductions, particularly those of the traders children, have has raised questions about the government's resolve to combat anti-social activities in Dimapur.
A prominent Naga businessman, who agreed to talk to TOI on the question of anonymity, expressed concern over the spate of abductions and the militants targeting little boys and girls. "The Nagas should condemn such incidents. It's sad that even children are no more safe in Dimapur," he said.
The trader urged the state law enforcing agencies and the Naga outfits to take measures against the miscreants. "The day is not far when the militants will even abduct children of Naga parents for ransom," he warned.
The Dimapur Chamber of Commerce & Industry ( observed that a strong security mechanism should be in place for the security of the businessmen and their children. DCCI president Hokivi Chishi said it's unfortunate that police have not yet arrested a single person in connection with the abductions. He also urged school authorities or the Private School Association to come out in the open, condemn the incidents and cooperate with the law enforcing agencies to help the latter nab the culprits. When contacted, police said they have launched a manhunt to trace the boy who was kidnapped on Saturday. A top police official said it would be easier the for the securitymen to catch the culprits if such incidents were reported immediately.
Transporter shot at A goods transporter had a miraculous escape when unidentified miscreants shot at him on Friday evening. According to sources, the transporter was in his office and talking over phone when someone fired at him from outside. The bullet missed him by a whisker.
Review Job reservation in totality – Naga Hoho morungexpress
Dimapur, (MExN): The Naga Hoho has asked the Government of Nagaland to review in totality the job reservation policy of the state at the earliest. The federal assembly of the Naga Hoho met on August 24 and had deliberated at length the government’s controversial reservation policy, which continues to attract criticism and controversy.
“While keeping all these in mind, the Naga Hoho during its 4th federal assembly on August 24, 2011, after a lengthy deliberation on backward/ job reservation the house resolved that the state government must initiate for total review of the policy of job reservation at the earliest on the basis of pocket area by introducing creamy layer for every tribe,” the Naga Hoho said in a brief statement today. The statement was appended by Keviletuo Kiewhuo and general secretary P Chuba Ozukum.
Off late, the Naga Hoho said, much has been written by different individuals as well as organizations about the “backward” quota/ job reservation in Nagaland.
“It has become a matter of great concern for every Naga tribe whether big or small belonging to either the so-called advance or backward tribes. We believe that any society or nation can grow economically sound only when there is balance of growth among different strata of society,” the Naga Hoho stated.
The apex Naga tribal organization expressed surprise to know that the policy of backward quota/job reservation created since 1970s which was actually supposed to be reviewed from time to time.
“However, it was not done as desired by the people for which we have to blame ourselves at this present juncture,” the Hoho said.
To live or not to live under the constitution of a foreign country Kaka D. Iralu
The Constitution of any country is drafted by the people of that particular country based on the history, culture and worldviews of the country concerned. Also, in writing the constitution of country, other important factors like religious beliefs, legal systems and land ownership systems etc are written into the framework of that particular country’s constitution. Based on all these facts and factors, a country’s constitution is drafted by its own people for the governance of its own people. The constitution of a country therefore embodies the thoughts and the social systems of a nation. Every country therefore has their own constitution conforming to their own peculiar historical, political and cultural realities and it is unthinkable for one country to be under the constitution of another country. Now, to live under the constitution of another country is to live under the thoughts and systems of another nation. To live under such a condition is to live the rest of one’s life according to somebody else’s thoughts and systems. Such an existence is not living in freedom and liberty but subject hood and subservience.
In the context of Nagaland and India, the constitution of India was not written by the Nagas or by the Indians for the Nagas. In the first place when option was given to the Nagas to either join Pakistan or India, Nagas refused to join either of them because they were neither Muslim Pakistanis nor Hindu/ Muslim Indians. Consistent with this same stand, when the Sub-Committee of the Indian Constituent Assembly met in Shillong in 1946 and the then President of the Naga national Council (NNC) was invited to join the Indian Union, the then President, T. Aliba walked out of the meeting saying: “We, the Nagas, cannot sign our names to be under India. We do not agree with it and we resign.” When the same Committee again visited Kohima in May 1947, the NNC again refused to join the Indian union. They told the Committee that they were already drafting their own Constitution and that they would not subscribe or surrender to the constitution of any other country.
Thus, refusing to be under the constitution of India, Nagas boycotted the first two Indian general elections. And following these events, India, militarily invaded Nagaland and forcefully occupied our lands. However, India was unable to conquer us constitutionally. But tragically some of our own fellow Nagas ran to the constitution of India with their 16 points proposal and got themselves en-grafted into the Constitution of India. As a result, Nagas were condemned to live under the constitution of a foreign country called India with all its heinous laws like the Disturbed area Act, the Armed Forces Special Powers Act etc for all these years.
Now to negotiate for a special status under the Constitution of a foreign country is a most bizarre and even incongruous activity on the part of any people or nation on earth. It is a shameful activity that should be condemned and shunned by any people who have any sense of dignity and self respect. However, in the case of many Naga leaders, they seem to think that India owes them a special and even extraordinary status within the constitution of India. Quite surprisingly the Indian government also under Nehru granted some extra-ordinary privileges under the constitution of India to some of our fellow Nagas . These privileged Naga leaders have enjoyed both protection and positions for all their lives. But there still appears to be some more Naga leaders who are again pleading for even better special privileges than the ones their former colleagues have enjoyed. All such leaders however should remember that the constitution of India was not written for the special existence of the Nagas within the Indian Union. Some of these Naga leaders even seem to think that India owes them an integrated greater Nagaland with special safeguards and even a special flag of their own. These Naga leaders however must remember that long before Article 371 A was inserted into the constitution of India, there were already other articles in the Indian constitution that had already spelled out that no state boundaries of any state can be altered without the approval and sanction of the state concerned.
Therefore to negotiate or even agitate for a special Naga status of Naga integration within the constitution of India is to waste one’s own time as well as a make a fool of oneself before both the people of India as well as the world. India owes us nothing under her constitution and we also cannot hope to get anything there however much we wriggle or wrangle with the Indian leaders. We should rather, Instead of wasting our time and energies in such wasteful pursuits, turn to our own constitution (Yehzabo) and assert our own rights as a nation before the community of nations. If we do this, we have all the prerequisite political and legal actions in place like the submission of the six memorandums to the British before the transfer of Power in 1947, submission of the ten memorandums to the Indian leaders before modern India was born on 15th August, 1947, declaration of our own independence on 14th August, the Plebiscite of 1952, the adoption of our constitution on Jan.14, 1956 and the establishment of our Federal Government on March 22, 1956. On top of all these records, there is also the unblemished record of our national heroes who have defied the invasion forces of both India and Burma for the past 62 years without surrendering neither to the military might or constitutional powers of either country. With all these stupendous achievements behind us, surely there is a way to our country’s liberty and freedom if we will, but stand united and fight with one common vision and commitment.
In summing up, the following facts must be stated for record:
1. Like any modern nation states in the world, Nagas also have their own Constitution and Government which was established on 14th Jan.1956 and 22nd March 1956.
2. The first article in the Constitution of Nagaland states that “The territory of Nagaland shall comprise of all the lands inhabited by the indigenous Naga tribes…” This territory is over 100,000 sq Km and inhabited by over 54 major tribes and some other sub tribes.
3. Nagas do not recognize any other boundary lines drawn by any other foreign nations across their ancestral lands.
4. The creation of the Indian state of Nagaland by Jawarhalal Nehru and 19 Nagas in 1963 is neither a Naga national act nor wish.
5. The sooner this 16 tribes-16 points-16000 sq Km India’s puppet state of Nagaland is de-recognized by the Naga people and the Indian public, the sooner will dawn a political settlement between the true Nagas and the true Indians.
6. To fight for Naga national rights from within the Constitution of India is to belittle Naga history, geography and rights and make all these noble causes an Indian internal affair under the Indian Government Home Ministry.
7.The place to fight for Naga national rights is not from inside the Constitution of India or the 16 Point Agreement or Article 371A but from outside all these suffocating boxes.
Mission Compound Kohima, Nagaland
