NSCN-IM President Q.Tuccu said that our flag tells everything about our nation, our identity that nobody can take it away. It is this flag that brings us all together as a nation.
Tuccu while speaking at the 45th Republic Day celebration in the NSCN-IM’s headquarter in Hebron said, “ Our flag tells everything about our nation, our identity that nobody can take it away.
It is this flag that brings us all together as a nation. Let me remind you that from the day NSCN entered into political talks with the government of India we made our stand very clear that no attempt should be made to bully the Nagas into submission.
We took the bold stand to tell the government of India that the blunder of history should not be repeated by introducing another 16 point type of solution. Having taken such a stand it was no doubt a tough negotiation all the way as GOI was desperate to have its own way imposed on us.
We stood the ground, not submitting to their self-centred and domineering narrative."
He added, “ Our perseverance was ultimately rewarded when the final breakthrough came in 2002 when the unique history of the Nagas and the situation was given official recognition by the government of India. However, it took us more than a decade of tough talking to take forward the Indo-Naga political talks based on the unique history Of the Nagas.
No wonder, the Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi demonstrated a high level of initiative to solve the Naga political issue through his dynamic leadership as he started doing the spadework towards signing the peace agreement with NSCN to end the seven decades old Naga issue once for all. Finally, the world was awakened when the high profile signing ceremony of Framework Agreement of 3rd August,
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