With BJP president and minister Temjen Imna Along Longkumer stating that separate Naga flag and constitution is not achievable, NSC-IM attacked him and said he should not fiddle with the Naga flag and the constitution that is too big for his size.Along has made this statement in state assembly recently. NSCN-IM stated Along’s utterance on the Naga flag and the constitution has once again put himself in the hot glare of the Naga people. He is utterly insensitive to the reality of the Naga history and the God’s given political identity as a nation and as a people. This only exposed his heartless and cruel mentality exploiting every given opportunity to castigate the very symbols that identify the Nagas that they are not a lost people.NSCN-IM added, “Who is Temjen Along who defiantly chose words to go headlong against the Naga people’s political identity with his infuriating statement saying “Flag and constitution are not achievable?”A boy of yesterday in political arena but in a damning hurry to make his presence felt by dancing madly to the anti-Naga tune played by his political mentors. Significantly, much before Imna Along was given birth to this earth, thousands of Naga people have attained martyrdom defending the legitimate historical and political rights of the Nagas as symbolized by the Naga flag and the constitution. Many have embraced death to give a better future to our motherland. The rainbow flag of the Naga nation was something very uniquely made. It was designed as divinely inspired and is not the brainwork of anybody. This symbolized the covenant between God and the Naga people. The Naga people cannot be so unfaithful and treacherous to forsake what God has given to lead them as a nation and as a people. We have no objection to Imna Along’s desperateness to establish his political base backed by his mentor BJP/RSS. But in the process he should not fiddle with the Naga flag and the constitution that is too big for his size. He has proved himself as recklessly immature to touch on the sensitive Naga issue at such a critical stage. The Naga flag and the constitution are something too big for his flamboyant political gamble”.
Source: Economic Times
