THE 50 POINTS OF DRAFT PROPOSAL By TL Angami 1. That while the Nagas demand Independent from the British Government based on her traditional rights the Government of India (GOI) sent her armies to Naga Inhabited Area (NIA) and burnt down their homes and hearts into ashes in hundreds of Naga Villages, their worship places, killing thousands of their innocent lives chased them out into the wilderness from their native Villages and hundreds of them were starved to death, molested and raped their womenfolk, destroyed their available properties and beaten them mercilessly without any guilty. And as such, the GOI must tender her apology before the Nagas as well as before the whole world for violation of Human Rights. 2. That compensation for the Naga political victims including the cost of their properties should be paid to each political victims with each Naga village authority directly through DC, ADC or SDO Civil in every tribal level and not by any other Dept. of the State Government or the same should not be dealt by the VIPs. And the assessment for the compensation for the victims should be done from each Naga traditional Villages level in order to wipe out the tears from the faces of the Nagas. 3. The forefathers lands of Nagas measuring 5000 Sq. Miles should be returned to Nagas with immediate effect according to 9th point’s agreement as well as 16th points agreement.. If not, the price of the said area of land must be paid to Nagas which is presently encroached by the Assam Government. 4. According to the Naga tribal traditional historical background, each Naga tribal original boundaries should be strictly maintained. 5. The Naga Customary should be continued in the villages and tribal level and not to replace by the Indian Judiciary system. 6. There must be a Naga Customary Law Court in every Naga tribal headquarter in NIA and the appellate Court will be the Commissioner Court, High Court and Supreme Court of India. However, whichever cases have been disposed through Naga Oath taken should not be reopened. 7. The Nagas have its own distinct Customary Law and there is no purchased system of justice. And for which, they need instant decision and the non- Nagas who are permanently living within the NIA shall follows the Naga Customary Law within their land, and there shall be no other law court for them within the NIA. 8. There shall be no tax on Nagas and their properties within the NIA by the GOI except the yearly House Tax. 9. There shall be no Indian Taxation Act on Nagas. 10. There shall be no Indian Forest Act in NIA. 11. Indian should respect the Nagas as one of its friend and the way of the Naga integration, and cannot be block as per agreement made in 1947 as well as 16th points agreement. The Integrity and Sovereignty are from the Almighty and it is not deniable by the GOI. And a Naga Tribe have no right to reject another Naga Tribe till water flows in the river. 12. The Nagas are not less than a Nation and for which the GOI should not treat the Nagas as other sections of people living within the countryside. 13. The settlement of Naga political issue is yet to be finalised. And as such, before any settlement is finalised, the GOI have no rights to reject the 9th Points Agreement which brought between the Nagas and GOI in 1947 for amicable settlement. Why the GOI says ‘Yes’ yesterday and say ‘No’ today towards the Naga political issue? Why India is flip-flopping with the Naga issue today? 14. The Nagas also have their own brothers and sisters in many countries. And as such, the GOI must honour her own commitments before the Nagas if so desired to live together or to show the way where the Nagas shall go from India. 15. The Indian Election system is never matched with the Nagas, so it should be replaced by selection system of Nagas and also lottery system in rotation can also be apply if qualified candidate is found more than one in any Assembly Constituency in order to avoid the present corruption system in any election. 16. In order to bring accurate figures about house numbers, the populations and the voters in Nagaland, there must be one day Census in Nagaland to ascertain the actual households, populations, and the voters in Nagaland. And in which, no one shall be allowed to go from one village to another village on that very Census day and non- Naga shall not be counted in any Naga villages as house owner. 17. If any tribal men to establish any new village within their own forefathers traditional land, there must be 50 household in a villages after obtaining NOC from four corners for such proposed site. And there is no need to seek Government recognition order for those villages which have already been established traditionally and except requires Government recognized appointed GB for collection of house tax from the villagers to be deposited to the government as a recognized village. 18. There shall be no interview system in Naga Government in order to stop corruption practice in toto. 19. The use of common official language of the Nagas shall be English and Nagamese as link language of the Nagas at grassroot level in NIA and Tenyidie is also inevitable one in their homeland especially for the Tenyimis. 20. Downsizing of ministry Act of India should not affect the Naga Government and there shall be cabinet Ministers and State Ministers system in Nagaland. And as such, the downsizing of ministry of India Act should be revoked specially for Naga Government. 21. Nagas must have its own Republic day according to its background history. 22. The emblem of the Nagas ‘Rainbow Flag’ shall remained and to be continued. 23. There shall be at least 25 years of interim period specially for Defense and Currency and if the Nagas can stand on their own feet, they should be allowed to look into their own affairs. 24. Major industries such as, sugar mill, paper mill, cement factory, Iron factory, mineral production etc and institution such as Engineering and other Technical and Secular Colleges and Medical College etc. must be developed within the NIA in the like of the other States. 25. Railway, four-lane road and International Airport in Nagaland and fly-over specially in Kohima and Dimapur (Kuda) City etc must be developed on top priority system. 26. To completely strengthen the Article 371-A of the India Constitution and the land of Nagas should no longer occupied by non-Naga without the procedure of law. 27. Every land acquisition price in Nagaland for any kind of Government development must be paid to the landowner by the GOI and not from the State budgetary. And the land of Nagas cannot be sold out to non- Nagas forever. 28. Not to disturb the Christianity religion by any other religion within the NIA. 29. At least one Naga Rifle Battalion in each district level must be set up immediately in Nagaland in order to accommodate the Naga Armies followed by rehabilitation specially for the Naga underground who laid down their life for the Naga common goal. 30. One Old Ages Home and one Destitute Home for their upliftment in every District level in Nagaland should be set up and maintained by providing them with good condition building, good foods and drinking water till their life time. 31. After settlement comes and controlled the anti-social elements completely into the hands of the Government, the India Army should be withdrawn from NIA. 32. There shall be no more insurgency/rebel zone in NIA after amicable settlement is finalised between the Nagas and GOI. 33. To dismiss the present state Government and to run the new Naga Government with new system as soon as agreed and framed by both side. 34. The service should be provided to the tribal members according to population scale in every Naga tribal level. 35. That EAC post and DSP post shall be appointed directly to the qualified local candidate from his/her own tribal level based on population scale. 36. No other tribal member shall be allowed for appointment in any Government services/jobs in any other particular Naga tribal jurisdiction except his/her own tribal member. 37. Except in collages and university, the village qualified candidate in each Naga village should be appointed as qualified teachers through recommendation by the Village Council in their own respective village education level. 38. At least, when final settlement comes between the Nagas and GOI, there must be three MPs for Lok Sakha and three MPs for Rajya Sabha and also to increase at least another 30 MLA seats for Naga Assembly House for the present Nagaland to accommodate the Naga leaders from various level. 39. Creation of more Assembly Constituency in Nagaland, every A/C shall have at least 15,000 to 20,000 voters or more. 40. The new A/C may be added in all big A/C everywhere in Nagaland for example 2-Dimapur-II A/C, 5-Gashpani-I A/C, Northern Angami-II A/C and so on. 41. No one shall be allowed to contest in any general election within the other allotted tribal traditional shares either in any A/C or any constituted township except in his/her own tribal traditional jurisdiction except in Kuda City. 42. There shall be MLA Nominee System for the Naga Women in the Naga Assembly House specially from the major tribes of Nagas in the like of Angami, Ao, Sema, Konyak etc. That Eve must be with Adam in every Naga Houses. 43. The small tribes in the like of Rengmas or Pochurys etc, another one or two A/C should be increased if populations are available. 44. In every Naga middle tribe, if there is two A/C, it should be increased into four. And if there are four A/C in any tribal level, it should be increased to seven or eight A/C if available of its required population. 45. For recognition of any tribe, it must be in recognition and consultation with the parent tribe, example the present problem of the demand of Tikhiri tribe is to be solved. 46. In order to bring down the yearly financial position, some departments must be abolished which are not very much important for the Nagas. 47. Every Naga tribal members have their own cultivable land. And as such, specially in the like of Agri. Dept. Horti. Dept, Fishery Dept. Irrigation, R.D Dept. PHE Dept. Veterinary Dept. etc must be strengthened and to uplift those departments by the Government in order to meet the needs of the farmers and the villagers. 48. Except the salary for Government jobholders which will be sanctioned by the GOI yearly, the other total funds which were usually sanctioned by the GOI for the Nagas yearly according to its populations should reached every Naga village authority through its DC, ADC or SDO Civil in every Naga tribal level. And as such, yearly funds for the Naga populations sanctioned by the GOI shall not be dealt by any VIP as Department share or VIP share. 49. To strengthen the hands of the Naga Villages Chiefs (GB, Ahng, VCC at grassroot level) in order to keep their respective villagers in peaceful living is a must as because, they have full authority to sign on behalf of their respective villagers in any amicable settlement and always stand as bridge between the public and the Government. And the GBFN shall not be treated as other NGOs. Because they are the representative of the Government at grassroots level and have full authority to exercise their power within their respective villages. And the Village Chiefs are also traditionally the parent body of the Government at grassroots level. And as such, when the Naga New Government comes, the Nomenclatures of Goan Burah (GB) should be changed into Village Chief in their appointment letter and they also may be called as Rüna Peyus. And there shall be no Gaon Burah (GB) system in any constituted township or city after new Naga Government comes. 50. There shall be no so many NGOs within Naga inhabited areas which are not from Naga tradition. However, the Naga Christianity Common Federation (NCCF) and few reasonable NGOs which will be required by the Naga Government shall work with the NCCF and Villages Chiefs Federation of Nagaland in order to check the corruption practices within the Naga inhabited areas for equal living. There shall be no caste system in Naga inhabited areas. Every Naga leaders of underground or over ground as well as the GOI are saying that the settlement between the Nagas and GOI should be hon’ble settlement and acceptable to all. And accordingly this 50 points proposal draft is hereby released before the Nagas as well as the GOI for further debate and for final settlement. No policy should be kept as hidden policy or secret agenda in the way of Naga political common goal. This 50 points proposal draft is supposed to be discussed with all the Naga National Faction leaders ( NNFL) on 22nd May 2013.But 3 (Three ) faction refused to attend the said meeting and the same meeting was postponed till today. It is learnt from many Naga leaders that it will be good to produce the said draft before the public in general through publication in News Papers and to collect some more opinion from public if there is any reasonable suggestion. And as such the author found suggestion of other is more appropriate and therefore brought the 50 Points proposal draft into light for public knowledge as well as to be for better preparation. *TL Angami, Founder and 1st President G.B Fedration of Nagaland.
Posted on: Tue, 13 Aug 2013 09:32:57 +0000
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