NSF slams BJP president; says 'Final Solution' must be acceptable to all Nagas

KOHIMA: Naga Students' Federation (NSF), the apex students' body in the state, chided BJP president Temjen Imna Along for stating that the Naga political solution should be within the framework of the Constitution of India. The students' body said that the 'Naga solution' must be "acceptable to all Nagas."

Lashing out at Along, the NSF stated that it is perplexed at the statement and his subsequent assertion of the same during a live debate with a group of eminent panelists.

"Your statement that 'the solution should be within the framework of the Constitution of India' made absolutely no sense to the Naga youth and students' community and we are truly disappointed at how someone with very little knowledge of the Naga political issue is at the helm of affairs of a National political party and serving the state government as a minister when the peace talk is at such a crucial juncture," the NSF said.

Stating Nagas have fought valiantly as a "proud nation and are continuing the fight against the oppressors to free the Naga homeland", the NSF stated that Nagas have been gloriously waving our national flag across global platforms, towns, and cities registering the determinate identity of being a nation.

"Hundreds and thousands lives have been sacrificed to be independent people with our government and constitution. Yet the fight is on, counting very little contribution one makes for the cause of the Naga nation," the statement further read.

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Placing "a brief history of the Naga people" for Along's kind knowledge, the NSF said, "Since time immemorial, each individual Naga village was a sovereign republic. No invading forces or kings could exert their dominance over the entire stretch of Naga republic. No invading forces or kings could exert their dominance over the stretch of Naga territory. Even the Britishers post-1885 adopted the policy of non-interference of the Naga Hills after they overran Assam."

"On 10th January 1929, the Naga Club on behalf of the Naga people submitted a memorandum to the Simon Commission that Nagas would not want to be a part of soon to be independent India," it stated, adding that on 14th August 1947, Nagas declared their independence under the banner of Naga National Council (NNC) from any "imperialistic forces" and communications to the effect was sent to the United Nations.

On 16th May 1951, during the Naga National plebiscite, 99.9 percent of the Nagas reasserted the Declaration of Independence.

"Naga land and its people were placed within the Indian union neither by conquest nor by consent of the Naga people. Unlike the then princely states which went on to form the Indian union, Naga leaders never agreed to be part of India," the student body further asserted.

The federation urged upon Along to "extend your support towards the cause in whichever way possible."

"The federation is unapologetically of the view that the 'unique solution in line with the unique history' should be inclusive, honourable and acceptable to all the Naga people," it added.

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