New Delhi: Amid strain mounting for an early inking of a ultimate resolution pact with Naga ultras, a senior BJP leader has sought to name for a soul search by Nagas themselves and posed the query, “Are we not trying to sabotage things at our levels?”
In an article revealed in native newspapers, M Chuba Ao, BJP National Vice President, additionally needed to know, “How has our elected State Government and elected MLAs behaved? Why so much loot and corruption when the money flow was on? Where is the money going?”
Chuba Ao attended the two-day BJP National Executive assembly convened in New Delhi, and thus his opinion at such a juncture is being seen as important.
He additionally stated, “The Government of India and the BJP understand how half the mess in Naga society is created by certain political ideologies”. This comment is maybe in reference to NSCN-IM, which typically has proven a deep liking for the Chinese communists’ affect. Earlier the centre stated that the talks have been over in October 2019, however calls for Flag and Naga Constitution, as demanded by NSCN-IM, had delayed issues.
“Let us deliver before things go out of our hands,” the BJP leader emphasised.
Chuba Ao, in his article, has additionally taken exceptions to the NSCN-IM and others making an attempt to blame the centre for the delay in finalising the peace pact for the resolution to the Naga insurgency situation that was kicked off in the 1940s.
“Blame game is not solution. Everyone should understand the problem faced by the Central Government too,” he stated, including, “Who can pursue our Naga leaders and stakeholders in the peace process if the civil society opts for a passive or a rather meaningless indifferent role”.
Notably, the article got here inside days of the NSCN-IM and the umbrella group NNPG issued a joint assertion on January 14 stating that the two sides pledged – “unconditional commitment to collaborate on the basis of our respective agreements (Framework Agreement of 2015 and the Agreed Position of 2017) for the resolution of the Naga historical and political rights with Government of India”.
In truth, that is for the first time the NSCN-IM has proven its approval of the Agreed Position inked between Government of India and NNPG in 2017 when R N Ravi was the Governor of Nagaland.
Chuba additionally refers to the ‘transfer’ of Ravi as the Governor of Tamil Nadu and says, “At times even unreasonable demands have been entertained (by the centre)”.
“There is a new fashion statement now, and everybody is trying to blame the Government of India. People say New Delhi has not taken things seriously. But the Government of India is waiting for its prodigal son to return home,” he wrote, including, “But how long the people of Nagaland State will now wait for the Solution”.
Of course, a few of the points raised by Chuba are whispered in Nagaland’s socio-political life due to apparent causes {that a} part of State politicians is allegedly sustaining nexus with ultra-groups, particularly NSCN-IM.
Elections are due in Nagaland subsequent month together with Meghalaya and Tripura, and State unit president Temjen Imna Along offered his State report at the ongoing BJP National Executive assembly in New Delhi on January 16.
In 2018, the BJP’s ballot promise was ‘Election for Solution’; therefore, there’s strain on the centre to ship a ultimate peace pact and resolution earlier than the polls. In truth, the Naga civil society has already taken to the streets demanding deferment of Elections if needed to put the peace course of on a sooner monitor.
There was a show of a banner on January 6 close to Dimapur airport when Home Minister Amit Shah made a halt for 4 hours. The Naga peace parleys started in 1997 once I Okay Gujral was Prime Minister and have continued for the final 26 years now.
Even the Congress occasion in Nagaland had currently given a major increase to the peace course of when State Unit President Okay Therie stated the Government of India ought to instantly honour the pact signed with NNPG in 2017.
Chuba himself, a Naga, lamented that “Every time a new agenda is thrust or created (in peace parleys). Sovereignty, integration and now Constitution and a separate Flag” and at the similar time, he hastened to add, “Can a Naga himself give up Flag if he is Prime Minister or Home Minister of India?”.
The BJP National vice chairman cautioned, “If the Modi Government fails to deliver peace and solution to Nagas, it will take a few decades more to come to the crossroads we are in today. It is up to the Naga people to make the year 2023 historic”.