The Naga Students Federation (NSF) today resolved to continue not to “recognise” the un-mandated group of individuals who have been claiming themselves to be the Naga Club and claiming the sole ownership of the Naga Club building which the NSF has been “zealously safeguarding” as its “custodian”.
“The present Naga Club, as we know, was formed recently by some few individuals with vested interest by roping in some few descendants of the original Naga Club members,” the resolution read.
NSF has also suspended its ongoing agitation until further notice. It however said that it will continue to press for justice.
Amid the row over the vandalization of its central office in Kohima, NSF today held an emergency consultative meeting with its senior leaders of the Federation wherein, it has taken a few resolutions.
Adding that Naga Club belongs to all the Naga people and no individual or group can claim ownership of the same, it resolved to let the Naga people decide as to whether the Naga issue, the Naga political history and the resulting rights of the Naga people can be owned and inherited by some individuals.
It said, the federation in the best interest of all the Naga people cannot allow some few individuals to usurp the legacy of unity and the Naga nationhood adding that, “Naga Club must not be exclusive but inclusive of all Nagas without borders.”
The meeting also resolved to let the Naga people decide if it is necessary to resurrect the Naga Club and whether it is still relevant in the current context. It said that the Naga people should collectively decide on the fate of the Naga Club and not be duped by stories that are hardly even half true. It was decided that NSF would be agreeable to the Naga Club if it is properly restructured with the collective mandate of the Naga people. Its ideology and principles should be grounded in the contents of the Memorandum submitted by the then Naga Club to the Simon Commission in 1929.
The seniors and members present also recommended that the incumbent officials of NSF to restart the normal functioning to the NSF office by setting up a makeshift pandal from 31 May.
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