Violence bears no fruit; Let us reconcile, says Khaplang

Dimapur : On its 29th “raising day”, NSCN (K) chairman SS Khaplang has said that violence and confrontational activities bear no seed for solution to the protracted Indo-Naga political problem.

Reaching to “my Naga comrades” Isak Chishi Swu, Kholie, Th. Muivah, Khodao Yanthan and others, Khaplang queried if, even in old age, “shall we not learn from years of unrewarding internal conflict?” Khaplang had these words in a copy of his speech received here. He said “infighting only devalues the political right of the Nagas”.

Khaplang said “We must reconcile first with our own hearts and extend the same to others.

A single reconciliatory action is worth a hundred paper proclamations for peace” Khaplang said while urging fellow Naga leaders not to stamp “our pages with contempt, hatred and vengeful inclinations towards our fellow brothers”.

What future Nagas inherit from “us” tomorrow is more important than what “we do to destroy each other today”.

Recalling the division and violent past of the Nagas’ political history, SS Khaplang said “we as national leaders failed to stem the rot and differences of opinion gave way to suspicion, discontentment, hatred and finally further bloody division within the Naga family”. This has been the greatest misery and nemesis of the Nagas, he lamented.

Urging that the slogan “Nagaland for Christ” should rule “our hearts and deeds as well”, Khaplang said the greatest question before the Nagas today is whether “we” are prepared to seek a common future for the sake of the Naga children. “Are we prepared to seek a common future for the sake of our children or continue to hunt each other with vengeful hearts?

The responsibility for tragic episodes in Naga history must be equally shared by all leaders. No one is blameless. God alone is our judge. Justification is poor statesmanship at this hour because thousands of witnesses could still recount the horrors endured” he asserted in his speech.

SS Khaplang appealed to the representatives of the entire Naga family; the Forum for Naga Reconciliation, the Naga Hoho and its federating hohos, GBs and GB’s forum, ENPO, NSF, NPMHR, NMA, churches and other Naga NGO’s and civil societies to continue the noble work of restoring peace, reconciliation and unity in the land of the Nagas, “so that we share a secure and respectable future”.