Dimapur, December 11: After its United States of America leg last month, the NSCN-IM has, in quick succession landed in England embarking on a global campaign.

Steering Committee secretary of the NSCN-IM Rh Raising while highlighting the Naga issue at the House of Parliament, Westminster London on Dec 10, appealed to the British people to help in solving the vexed "Indo-Naga problem".

Steering Committee is the highest decision making body of the NSCN-IM.

Last, month another outfit leader VS Atem was in America for a high level lobby.

According to the MIP of the NSCN-IM, delivering a speech at the International Human Rights Day held at the House of Parliament, Westminster London yesterday, Rh Raising had expressed his resentment saying that perpetual extension of the terms of ceasefire on the pretext of commitment and assurances is clearly viewed as a ploy of the government of India to buy time in order to bury the peace process under the wrap of time.

The NSCN-IM leader also stated that the "Divide and Rule" policy of the government of India has made Naga brothers and sisters foreigners in their own land.

"We look forward with renewed hope that the British in particular and the international communities in general would remember the oppressed Nagas and help solve the long drawn Indo-Naga problem," said Rh.Raising in the House of Parliament in London yesterday.

Commencing his speech, the NSCN-IM leader said, "Respected Chairperson and honourable members present, I feel extremely honoured for giving me the opportunity to address this august house on the plight of the suppressed Naga people", according to the outfit's Ministry of Information and Publicity Raising mentioned that Nagalim is situated in the tri-junction of China on the north, India on the west and Burma on the south east with an area of about 120,000 sq km and a population of some four million people.

The Nagas have been living in their own country running their own government independently for thousands of years.

At no point of time, have they ever been subjugated by any alien power.

"It was in 1832 that the British colonial forces intruded into the Naga country.

The Nagas put up strong resistance against the aggression for 48 years.

The British forces ultimately occupied a portion of Nagalim leaving the rest as free as ever.

However, the Nagas, in the British occupied area declared their independence on 14th Aug.

1947 and merged themselves with the free Nagas.

The declaration was intimated to the United Nations and all embassies in Delhi," said the NSCN-IM leader while adding, "In 1950 the Indian Constituent Assembly invited the Nagas to join the Union of India, but it was rejected outright.

The Nagas were not a party to the Union of Burma too.

As government of India levelled wild allegations stating that the rejection of Union of India was the work of a few Naga leaders and not that of the people, a plebiscite was conducted on 16th May 1951 wherein 99.9% voted in favour of Sovereign Independent Nagalim.

Consequently, Indian state invaded on Nagalim with an eye to imposing its will upon the Nagas, which resulted in horrible violation of human rights � massacre, mass rape, and mass detention in concentration camps, mass torture, and destruction of villages, granaries, educational institutions, relics, churches and so on," he asserted.

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