Hebron will be the centre of Naga politics, says NSCN (IM)

GUWAHATI: With expectations of the new accord by the year-end running high, the NSCN (IM) on Sunday declared

Hebron

, the peace camp set up by government as the future “centre of Naga politics, government, culture, civilization and the seat of their high command.”

The camp was set up about 100 km off state

Nagaland

’s capital Kohima, after it had signed a ceasefire agreement in 1997.

The declaration was made by Rh Raising, convener of the group’s steering committee at the joint council meeting on “Indian and Burmese Colonialism” on Friday.

Referring to the August 3, 2015, ‘Framework Agreement’ signed between NSCN (IM) and the Centre as a political wall that will protect Nagas’ land, identity, rights, culture, history and future, Raising said, “And that Nagas will decide their future by themselves, not by others anymore. Hebron will be the

Centre of Naga

politics, government, culture, civilization and the seat of their high command.”

“Now with the end of the eras of confrontation and negotiation, this Framework Agreement has opened up a new era for the Nagas. We are now setting our foot in the stage of era of building our world.

The leader said that it was now the time of unity for all Nagas with one decision, one voice, one mind, one spirit and one faith. “We have spent enough time talking only about the past overlooking the present and the future. It is the time to focus on the present and the future. Our decision today will determine our tomorrow. All Nagas unite in the political and historical lines we come from.”

He said that a large chunk of Naga territories has been snatched away and annexed by the Burmese government through colonial policy and stressed the need for an honorable solution with the Myanmerese government.

He said that forces of colonialism are rampant everywhere in Nagaland. “They are – the Muslim immigrants from

Bangladesh

, the Nepalese from Nepal, the Kukis from Burmese Chin state, the Chakmas from Chittagong Hills, Bangladesh, tea gardeners from Bihar and Odisha and various business communities from Indian sub-continent.”