KOHIMA, April 11: The National Socialist Council of Nagalim (Isak-Muivah), has issued a strongly worded editorial targeting the Government of India’s recent actions concerning the Indo-Myanmar border, specifically the termination of the Free Movement Regime (FMR) and the move to erect border fencing.
Published in its latest official news bulletin Nagalim Voice, the editorial titled “What is not right, Nagas will not allow, what come may!” condemned the Indian government’s initiatives as “deplorable and barbarous acts” meant to suppress Naga rights. It invoked historical grievances, recalling the imposition of the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA) during the tenure of India’s first Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, as a means to empower the military against the Naga resistance.
The editorial accused India of pursuing a “flattering policy” designed to erode the Naga people’s historical and political identity under the pretext of national security. This, it said, had ignited mass peaceful protests and stoked anger among Naga communities.
“The collective voice of the Nagas is to reclaim our cultural heritage that defines the Nagas as one people and one nation,” the bulletin declared, warning that the people’s fury “will not die till India listen.”
Calling this a “defining” moment for the Naga people, the editorial urged them to remain resolute in asserting their “inalienable rights” and to resist what it described as the “hegemony of the Indian government.”
The statement comes in the wake of widespread protests across Naga-inhabited regions, where communities have come out strongly against the Indian government’s decision to revoke the Free Movement Regime and proceed with border fencing. Protesters fear that these measures will divide Naga families and tribes living across the Indo-Myanmar border.
