Infighting has overshadowed peace process: ex-MP
Dimapur, May 11 (TEN): Veteran Politician and ex-Member of Parliament (MP), Imchalemba today said that the Naga underground groups has to admit that they have wasted more time engaging in infightings than in the peace process during the ceasefire period.
“The Underground leaders representing different groups has to admit that their infighting had not only caused waste of valuable time but also resulted in loss of credibility in the eyes of GOI,” the ex MP stated in an article issued to a section of the local media.
He asserted that there are cogent reasons to believe that during the last ten years of ceasefire period, ‘more precious time had been wasted in group clashes and consolidation of their support-base than in the peace process’.
The words of the ex MP comes in the backdrop of the recent factional clashes that has cost more than twenty lives and created a fear psychosis in the minds of the citizens, especially living in Dimapur. The media has also been filled with exchange of charges and counter-charges between the two NSCN groups.
Speaking about violence, Imchalemba said that the ‘power of violence’ should not be undermined since it often acts in a ‘vicious cycle and expand and grow in intensity if not tamed in time.
In this regard, Imchalemba asserted that all Underground groups have to admit the fact that their belligerence and ham-handed actions has created more enemies for them, since the relatives of those killed in fighting or abducted and shot, have taken to militancy to avenge the death of their relations. “With every Naga killed, more militants are born. If this trend continues unabated it would one day turn on to be a major problem in Naga society and might even overshadow Peace Process,” said Imchalemba.
Asserting that ‘political dialogue becomes a mockery when the very people who are expected to give the lead themselves become the agents of division, the ex MP said that the Naga public cannot be blamed for the present trauma. “The Underground Leaders has to admit that their apathy to public plea all these years have wrought greater damage to Peace Process,” he said.
“The Underground leaders representing different groups has to admit that their infighting had not only caused waste of valuable time but also resulted in loss of credibility in the eyes of GOI,” the ex MP stated in an article issued to a section of the local media.
He asserted that there are cogent reasons to believe that during the last ten years of ceasefire period, ‘more precious time had been wasted in group clashes and consolidation of their support-base than in the peace process’.
The words of the ex MP comes in the backdrop of the recent factional clashes that has cost more than twenty lives and created a fear psychosis in the minds of the citizens, especially living in Dimapur. The media has also been filled with exchange of charges and counter-charges between the two NSCN groups.
Speaking about violence, Imchalemba said that the ‘power of violence’ should not be undermined since it often acts in a ‘vicious cycle and expand and grow in intensity if not tamed in time.
In this regard, Imchalemba asserted that all Underground groups have to admit the fact that their belligerence and ham-handed actions has created more enemies for them, since the relatives of those killed in fighting or abducted and shot, have taken to militancy to avenge the death of their relations. “With every Naga killed, more militants are born. If this trend continues unabated it would one day turn on to be a major problem in Naga society and might even overshadow Peace Process,” said Imchalemba.
Asserting that ‘political dialogue becomes a mockery when the very people who are expected to give the lead themselves become the agents of division, the ex MP said that the Naga public cannot be blamed for the present trauma. “The Underground Leaders has to admit that their apathy to public plea all these years have wrought greater damage to Peace Process,” he said.
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