He posed the question in reference to the stand taken by the Tuensang people and the rival NSCN-K group that there should be unity first before seeking a solution, the outfit said in a release.
Stating that this is a “very irresponsible way of facing the Naga issue”, Muivah reportedly indicated that such an approach should be left aside while asserting that reconciliation must come first on the basis of Naga history and without considering the interests of Shillong Accord or Khaplang or Isak-Muivah. Only then will there be a solution, he said.
Making a sincere appeal to the people, he said now is the best time to solve our problems by understanding each other, and not allowing Government of India to take advantage of our differences.
Also informing of the ongoing dialogue, the NSCN-IM leader said the NSCN, during the talks with the Centre, has given three commitments: no imposition, not to accept Indian constitution and honourable and final solution to be decided in consultation with the Naga people.
He urged the Tuensang people to forget the past mistakes and forgive each other. “This is your time to take correct decision,” he further stated while promising that NSCN will not betray God and Nagalim and shall stand for truth.
Muivah is also stated to have brought into focus the period when Tuensang area was a free land but ultimately ‘downgraded by Nehru as no man’s land’. He asserted that Nehru was wrong to call this land ‘No Man’s Land’ because he did not want this land to be called Naga land but a land that anybody can claim.
Maintaining that this is disrespect to the Nagas and to the six tribes of Tuensang which must be corrected, Muivah stressed that we have to understand our history and our right to be our own master.
According to the release, Muivah was unable to avoid mentioning the ‘tragic history of NNC and Shillong Accord and how Phizo proved himself wrong by not condemning the Shillong Accord because it was not the decision of the Naga nation’. As Shillong Accord was the conflicting point in Naga history, Muivah explained in detail on how the nation was saved, it said.
He further expounded on the circumstances of how the Centre started sending feelers to NSCN to begin peace talks during the time of Prime Minister Narasimha Rao which led to the signing of the ceasefire in 1997. He also shared on how the Government of India, after listening to NSCN for five years, at last gave official recognition to the uniqueness of Naga history and situation on July 11, 2002, at Amsterdam.