NEW DELHI, 03 Aug 2015 — Here
is the speech excerpted from the speech delivered by Mr. Th. Muivah, General
Secretary, NSCN during the signing ceremony of framework agreement with the
Prime Minister of India Mr Narendra Modi in New Delhi on August 3rd.
I
thank God for this momentous occasion.
On
behalf of the Chairman Mr. Isak Chishi Swu and the Naga people kindly allow me
to begin by saying that Naga people have great respect for Mahatma Gandhi
because he understood and respected the Nagas when the Naga delegation met him
for the first time in 1947. Unfortunately, after his demise, the Indian state
resorted to military might to crush the Nagas. Armed confrontation followed
inflicting heavy losses on both the parties.
After
a long fighting, Mr. Narasimha Rao, the then Prime Minister of India had the
courage to admit that it is political issue and should be solved through
political negotiations. We appreciated his wisdom and accepted the Ceasefire
Agreement to start political negotiation in 1997. We gave our commitment to him
that NSCN shall leave no stone unturned to find a negotiated amicable
settlement between the two parties.
The
Nagas were very happy when the Government of India under the leadership of the
then Prime Minister of India Mr. Atal Behari Vajpayee, declared the recognition
of the ”unique history and situation of Nagas” in 2002. We Nagas appreciated
the statesmanship of Mr. Atal Behari Vajpayee and we gave our commitment that
if the Government of India would understand the reality of the Nagas, the Nagas
will appreciate the reality of India even ten times more and we never
back-track from our commitments.
Today,
under the visionary leadership of honourable Prime Minister Mr. Narendra Modi,
we have come close to understand each other and have worked out a new
relationship between the two parties on the basis of this uniqueness. We
appreciate your wisdom, your leadership and your vision to build an enduring
relationship between the Nagas and Indians. The Nagas will ever remember you
for your statesmanship and your profound understanding of the Nagas with warm
heart for them.
Beginning
from now the challenges will be great so also the responsibilities. The
obligations to meet the needs of the people shall be paramount for both the
parties to make this historic Endeavour more meaningful. Let me also assure you
that Nagas can still come closer if their rights are respected. On behalf of
the Naga people allow me to assure you once again that Nagas can be trustworthy
and take into your confidence for any policy in the Northeast and beyond the
frontiers.
God
bless you and your leadership.
Kuknalim.
Sd/-
Mr.
Th. Muivah
General
Secretary,
NSCN
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