Day: January 31, 2013

AIZAWL, Jan 31 NNN: After several months in suspense, the Hmar militant outfit Hmar People’s Convention-Democratic (HPC-D) and the government of Mizoram have signed the Suspension of Operation (SoO) today in Aizawl.
“The government of Mizoram and Hmar People’s Convention-Democratic (HPC-D) held talk today at 10 am under a peaceful atmosphere at State Guest House, Aizawl”.
Mizoram government team was led by Lalbiakzama, Joint Secretary, Home department, while the HPC-D delegation was led by Lalbeisei, the outfit’s vice chairman.
The two teams in their talk today prepared ‘ground rules and then signed an agreement for Suspension of Operation (SoO) for 6 months duration.
The two teams also agreed to hold another talk at the earliest possible.
For the first time on February 9, 2011 the SoO was signed betwen the two parties for six months. However, after signing the earlier SoO, the relation between the HPC-D and the Mizoram government experienced a rough weather. In view of that, the SoO was never extended again even after the lapse of the six month period.
Since 1986, the Hmar People’s Convention (HPC) has been demanding for the creation of Hmar Autonomous District in Mizoram. In spite of the Peace Accord that was inked between the Government of Mizoram and the HPC, there was no concrete solution to address and redress the rights of the Hmar People. “As a result, the HPC (D) has been continuous the same demand in Mizoram to redress the historical and political injustices. Acknowledging the matter, the Centre (Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India) has been pressurising the Government of Mizoram to settle the political issues of the Hmars immediately. Following this and to pursue the unfinished agenda, the Government of Mizoram and the HPC (D) signed the Suspension of Operation (SoO) on November 11, 2010 for a period of six months. The SoO document was signed by Lalropui, Army Chief HPC (D) and the Home Secretary Shri. Lalmalsawma, Government of Mizoram,” HPC-D leader L Sangma Hmar had stated sometime in last October.
The Hmar outfit leader had then alleged that the Government of Mizoram had failed to nurture the peace process with seriousness, which resulted in derailing the hard earned peace process. Taking note of this, the Centre (Ministry of Home Affairs) continued to pressurise the Government of Mizoram to settle the Hmar political problems. The government of Mizoram digressed from peaceful approach and acted untowardly when the HPC (D) on the other hand, is made to engage in finding the channels for political dialogue with All Party Leaders of Mizoram, he stated. While handing out the carrot, the Government of Mizoram arrested the HPC (D) Army Chief Lalropui and Deputy Army Chief Lalbiaknung from Silchar airport on June 16, 2012 by the Mizoram police. Similarly HPC (D) Chairman Zosangber was again arrested from Delhi Airport by the Mizoram police when he was on his way to meet officials of the Ministry of Home Affairs. The Government of Mizoram has severely failed to respect the peace process that has seemingly built, the HPC-D had rued.
In the context of Manipur, the HPC (D) political interest is collectively shared with the United People’s Front (UPF), currently under SoO with the Government of India and the Government of Manipur. The UPF demands for an Autonomous Hill States within the state of Manipur. The HPC (D) did not sign the SoO documents in Manipur alone but as UPF, the document is collectively shared and signed along with the UPF members: KNF, KRA (U), UKLF, ZDV and ZRA. The HPC (D) has its designated Camp in Ankhasuo with ninety four (94) cadres enlisted. In Manipur, the HPC (D) will continue to abide by the goals shared within the UPF.
“The HPC (D)’s goals and objectives are independent in all its respective context and is free from the other. The SoO terms and conditions in Manipur, has no validity in other States. Therefore, the HPC (D) Manipur Region is not answerable for the HPC (D) of other regions/States as the HPC (D) Manipur Region is particularly confined in Manipur under UPF,” L Sanga Hmar had also stated.
For all time to come, the HPC (D) Manipur Region as signatory of SoO in Manipur cannot be made responsible or related to any acts of the HPC (D) of other regions, L Sanga Hmar had added.
According to HPC-D leader, after India gained independence, the Hmar peoples are fragmented by different political boundaries, without their consent, and are compelled to negotiate political marginalisation in their respective states – Assam, Manipur, Mizoram, Meghalaya and Tripura. This historical and political subjugation have severely reduced our political entity, distancing us from securing our constitutional rights, stated L Sanga Hmar who is one of the members, Joint Monitoring Group of the Suspension of Operation (SoO) Agreement between the Government of Manipur and the Government of India Hmar People’s Convention-Democratic (HPC -D).
HPC-D leader L Sanga Hmar had also said last year that the urgent need to realise ‘our constitutional rights to redress our dignity’ as peoples has been the driving force behind the Hmar People’s Convention (Democratic) objective to demand for ‘Autonomous District Council’ for the Hmar peoples in Assam, Manipur and Mizoram under the Sixth Schedule of the Indian Constitution.
In the pursuit of securing this end, the Hmar People’s Convention (Democratic) – Assam Region, has also initiated a political dialogue involving the Government of India and the Government of Assam after laying down arms by 56 cadres of HPC (D) which was hosted by the Government of Assam in the presence of the then Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram at Guwahati on January 24, 2012. The first round of talks of the HPC (D) delegates – Government of Assam – the Central Government was held on September 27, 2012, Sanga Hmar had disclosed.

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DIMAPUR, Jan 31 NNN: NSCN-IM leaders Isak Chisi Swu and Thuingaleng Muivah today expressed sadness over the way the outfit’s cadres are behaving.
“God will never be happy with NSCN if its members keep on doing their own pleasure of works without doing the will of God,” said NSCN-IM general secretary Thuingaleng Muivah while the outfit’s chairman Isak Chsi Swu said, “If we do not do the will of God, we will be doomed, and the NSCN will be responsible for it. Because this is the era of NSCN. NSCN’s name sells both at home and abroad. We cannot afford to fail this time. We don’t have to blame heaven and earth if we fail. History says the Romans themselves brought about the downfall of the Roman Empire. NSCN will also be pulled down by the NSCN themselves. NSCN will fall when the spirit of ‘NSCN-ism’ runs out in its members; it will fall when it is not political; it will fall when the policy of its leadership is not people-based; it will fall when its approach to the world is not objective; it will fall when its members are rebellious; it will fall when there is moral degeneration in the set-up. Above all, it will fall when its members flee from the Lord”.
Swu and Muivah were delivering speeches at the ’34th NSCN Day’ celebration at Hebron, off Dimapur today.
NSCN was formed on this day in 1980 after spitting from Naga National Council (NNC).
During the course of his speech today, Thuingaleng Muivah became exortation while reminding the cadres that God will never be happy with NSCN-IM if its members keep on doing their own pleasure of works without doing the will of God.
“He made a direct reference to the present situation where it demands the members to take the right decision in order to save the Naga nation,” said the press comunique issued by the NSCN-IM this evening.
“The world has not stopped, it keeps changing. But when the people fail to understand the process of change they will be lost because they fail to take the right decision. NSCN should not fail,” Muivah pointedly asked the members to realise where they stand. The NSCN-IM general secretary then fervently appeals to all the members to take the right decision before God–to forgive their waywardness and mistakes and take steps to save the ‘Naga nation’. “We have to change by taking the right decision to ask God for forgiveness, and there is no other way to save the nation”, Muivah stated.
Meanwhile, NSCN-IM chairman Isak Chisi Swu recalled the sequences that led to the formation of the NSCN.
He said after the failure of NNC, the NSCN was formed in the national workers’ meeting at Nokpa, where the historic decision to uphold the national principle of divine right to self determination was taken. It was finally, approved by the ‘national assembly’ held at Tonu on this day, the 31st January 1980.
According to Swu, the NSCN put up an undaunted resistance against the aggression of the colossal forces of the enemies who adopted ruthless means to crush the Nagas. “Guided by their avowed neo-colonial policy, they used one Naga to fight another Naga. Instigated one group to fight another group and incited communalism between the Nagas and others with a view to keeping the Nagas divided and suppressed perpetually. But that could not dampen the spirit of the Nagas. In fact, the Naga people under the banner of NSCN stood the ground in the face of those horrible situations,” Isal Swu stated.
But sadly, some of us have run away and joined forces with the enemies to fight against their own people. The preacher says, ‘They killed God, the Son in the name of God.” Likewise, those traitors killed their people in the name of people and pulled back the wheels of history in the name of revolution.

Read more / Original news source: http://manipur-mail.com/swu-muivah-unhappy-with-cadres/