Kohima: The Forum for Naga Reconciliation (FNR) and Naga Political Groups, following its recent meeting in Dimapur, Nagaland, resolved to legally adopt the ‘Naga National Anthem’, composed by R Kevichusa, which shall be sung during important occasions.
Through a statement, the FNR said that the Naga history has always withstood the test of time. “Our history, as with other histories, is a being on which transformative changes take place,” the FNR said.
The forum recalled the “Nurturing Naga Peoplehood: Liberating the Naga Spirit” event held from February 16-18, 2024, at Kutsapo, where the Naga political groups (NPGs), civil society organisations, churches, prayer centres and citizens from across Naga areas converged with a renewed spirit of imagining the Naga future.
This event was strengthened by subsequent meetings of the NPGs and the FNR at Kohima, on March 2, followed by Dimapur on March 6, and the latest meeting in Dimapur on April 13.
According to the FNR, during the March 6 and April 13 meetings, it was resolved to legally adopt the ‘Naga National Anthem’, written and composed by R Kevichusa. The resolution added that the “NPGs, institutions of learning, Naga civil bodies and all other organisations sing the Naga National Anthem on important occasions.”
This resolution, it stated, would come to force with the publication of the statement.
During the recent meeting, the NPGs and the FNR also agreed that the Naga Plebiscite Day on May 16 will be marked by a special program to be organised by the FNR with the support of NPGs and other Naga bodies at Dimapur, to “commemorate the Naga common political history and move forward without delay.”
The FNR and the NPGs requested individuals, institutions and organisations across Naga areas to attend and show solidarity.
The meeting also took serious cognizance of FNR’s resolution that stated, “We (NPGs) have understood and affirmed the importance of working out the Naga political process through cooperation as agreed in the ‘September Joint Accordant’ September 14, 2022.”
The meeting also reminded the NPGs to once again, honor the “Covenant of Reconciliation” signed on June 13, 2009, by the highest-level leaderships, in toto.
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It said that sporadic unpleasant happenings in the Naga context have been assessed in seriousness. “The Kutsapo gathering has become a historical moment for our repentance and seeking forgiveness of sins of omission and commission. Without a doubt, it also has become the ground for renewal of faith and recommitment to God and to our fellow brothers and sisters,” the FNR said.
The FNR appealed to all the inhabitants of the Naga-Land to render solidarity across ethnic and religious affiliation.
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