Pointing out that "a cloud of fear" enveloped Naga society, Jamir, former Maharastra governor, asserted that the Nagas have to solve their problems and should not expect others to do so.
Jamir, donning full traditional regalia of an Ao Naga elder, was speaking at the celebration of Tsungremong, the traditional festival of Ao community at Chumukedima near Dimapur yesterday.
Stating that the insurgency syndrome created uneasiness among the people, he rued that the villagers and their administrators were today reluctant to speak out the truth and Naga churches failed to raise voice against evils that have been plaguing the Naga society.
Expressing concern over the present condition in the Naga society, Jamir pointed out that even many young scholars refused to return home and it was a problem that needed deep introspection.
Reports of celebrations of the festival for past three days received from Ao villages in Mokokchung district and Ao community living at Kohima and Dimapur.
Tsungremong is celebrated in the first week of August to propitiate the Almighty to have a bumper harvest and for wellbeing of the villages.