Isak Swu in talks offer to rival Khaplang
Khaplang’s deputy invited to Bangkok
Kohima, MAY02 (TEN) : Two decades of hostilities later, the Isak-Muivah faction of the National Socialist Council of Nagalim has invited Khole Konyak, commander-in-chief of its long-time bete noire, the NSCN (Khaplang), for talks in Bangkok.
This is not the first time, though, that the NSCN (I-M) has written to the top leader of NSCN (K). In the past, too, several letters have been written to NSCN (K) chairman S.S. Khaplang and Konyak, but the manner and style of writing the letters had displeased the Khaplang group’s policy-makers. Highly placed sources said Konyak has received a letter from the chairman of the NSCN (I-M) Isak Chishi Swu inviting him to come to Bangkok for talks to push forward the ongoing reconciliation and unification process among the Naga warring groups.
However, there were no details about the letter sent by Swu, but sources said its purpose was to iron out the differences and push forward the reconciliation and unity process initiated by various Naga organisations and the Church. Sources said Konyak received the letter just recently from Bangkok and quoted him as saying that he would not take any individual decision about the invitation but would seek the collective opinion of the outfit. According to the sources, the guerrilla commander was always for reconciliation and unity.
However, A.Z. Jami, convenor of the council of kilonsers (ministers), said he was not aware of any such invitation to Konyak. “I am not aware of that,” Jami told The Telegraph. The NSCN (K) army commander has been living on the other side of the border in Myanmar for many years, but he has been sending messages of reconciliation and unity from time to time from his hideout. A veteran guerrilla leader who has been in Naga revolutionary movement for more than 50 years, Konyak is regarded a reasonable person by many of his comrades and cadres.
Both the top leaders of the NSCN (K), chairman Khaplang and Konyak, live in the jungles of Myanmar. Both have even suggested that if the Naga factions unite, they would quit their respective posts to pave the way for other capable leaders to take over the unified organisation. Though firebrand NSCN (K) leaders have often criticised Swu and Thuingaleng Muivah, their old comrade Khaplang considers the former true Naga nationalists who have overcome turmoil and tests under various circumstances.
Recently, the collective leadership of the NSCN (K) — Khaplang, general secretary N. Kitovi Zhimomi and Konyak — welcomed and appreciated the unification process being initiated by some militants and Naga NGOs. They appealed to various Naga groups and people to give up their “divisive mindsets” at this crucial time of social and political transition. The three also cautioned that efforts to bring about unification of warring factions to stop bloodshed and a sense of hope should not be jeopardised by “one’s ulterior motives”. Endorsing unification, the three appealed to every Naga “to intensify” a broad-based participation so as to achieve the long-felt desire and prayers of the Naga people.
Kohima, MAY02 (TEN) : Two decades of hostilities later, the Isak-Muivah faction of the National Socialist Council of Nagalim has invited Khole Konyak, commander-in-chief of its long-time bete noire, the NSCN (Khaplang), for talks in Bangkok.
This is not the first time, though, that the NSCN (I-M) has written to the top leader of NSCN (K). In the past, too, several letters have been written to NSCN (K) chairman S.S. Khaplang and Konyak, but the manner and style of writing the letters had displeased the Khaplang group’s policy-makers. Highly placed sources said Konyak has received a letter from the chairman of the NSCN (I-M) Isak Chishi Swu inviting him to come to Bangkok for talks to push forward the ongoing reconciliation and unification process among the Naga warring groups.
However, there were no details about the letter sent by Swu, but sources said its purpose was to iron out the differences and push forward the reconciliation and unity process initiated by various Naga organisations and the Church. Sources said Konyak received the letter just recently from Bangkok and quoted him as saying that he would not take any individual decision about the invitation but would seek the collective opinion of the outfit. According to the sources, the guerrilla commander was always for reconciliation and unity.
However, A.Z. Jami, convenor of the council of kilonsers (ministers), said he was not aware of any such invitation to Konyak. “I am not aware of that,” Jami told The Telegraph. The NSCN (K) army commander has been living on the other side of the border in Myanmar for many years, but he has been sending messages of reconciliation and unity from time to time from his hideout. A veteran guerrilla leader who has been in Naga revolutionary movement for more than 50 years, Konyak is regarded a reasonable person by many of his comrades and cadres.
Both the top leaders of the NSCN (K), chairman Khaplang and Konyak, live in the jungles of Myanmar. Both have even suggested that if the Naga factions unite, they would quit their respective posts to pave the way for other capable leaders to take over the unified organisation. Though firebrand NSCN (K) leaders have often criticised Swu and Thuingaleng Muivah, their old comrade Khaplang considers the former true Naga nationalists who have overcome turmoil and tests under various circumstances.
Recently, the collective leadership of the NSCN (K) — Khaplang, general secretary N. Kitovi Zhimomi and Konyak — welcomed and appreciated the unification process being initiated by some militants and Naga NGOs. They appealed to various Naga groups and people to give up their “divisive mindsets” at this crucial time of social and political transition. The three also cautioned that efforts to bring about unification of warring factions to stop bloodshed and a sense of hope should not be jeopardised by “one’s ulterior motives”. Endorsing unification, the three appealed to every Naga “to intensify” a broad-based participation so as to achieve the long-felt desire and prayers of the Naga people.
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