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Mann criticises Nagas for not
creating ‘overground’ space
WSN Network
NEW DELHI:
Is the
National Socialist Council of Nagalim (Isak-Muivah) renewing its
ties with friends in Punjab? Does it really have any friends in
Punjab? That question may remain in the realm of guesswork but
Simranjit Singh Mann, who leads an Akali faction, recently wrote on
the NSCN's website, in particular about resolutions at the gathering
in 1986 and in general, bashing the Indian state.
"M.K. Narayanan,
the guru of the Indian intelligence services, after a visit to the
northeastern states, made it known that the Nagas could have
anything they desire within the Indian Constitution," Mann wrote.
There have been suspicions within the security establishment that
recently there have been attempts at rejuvenating relations between
the Sikhs and the Naga groups.
As for the Nagas,
they can have suggestions, criticisms and sympathy from the minority
of Sikh militants. "Any fool would have predicted that the talks
(peace) the NSCN (IM) were having with the Indians had floundered,"
Mann began his piece, his language strikingly similar to the
writings from within the Naga outfit. Mann said in his study of the
Naga, Mizo and Sikh movements he found that the leaders have joined
their respective movements through emotion and thus were not
committed enough.
Another point he
had raised was about he NSCN's mistake of not creating enough
political space "overground" and let the Indian state take advantage
of it, but how has Mann himself fared on this score is a matter on
which he maintained silence. (For a link to Mann's full article,
visit
http://nscnonline.org/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=974)
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February 2008
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