Nagaland: Naga Mother’s Association condemns act of Naga women tying rakhi to armed forces

DIMAPUR: The Naga Mothers’ Association (NMA), Nagaland’s Apex Naga women’s body strongly condemned the act of few Naga women for tying rakhis on Indian armed forces.

In an official statement NMA said, “The Naga women have been traumatized by a genocidal history of rapes, molestation, killings, village groupings, inhumane atrocities at the hands of Indian armed forces under the impunity of Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA). It is a shame and a black day to witness our women tying rakhis and felicitating these very armed forces.”

“It is unacceptable and questionable in the continuing violations of human rights as long as Nagas are forced to live under AFSPA in these Naga areas and without justice for the past history of human rights violations. The haunting cries of families of victims for justice in the numerous incidents over the decades are yet to be heard and justice served,” the NMA further stated.

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The NMA urged the national secretary of BJP Mahila Morcha Aienla Jamir, party’s Dimapur District Mahila Morcha chief Avi Aomi, their teams and the students’ body and the women in Tamenglong to join the Naga Women instead of taking part in such “objectionable programmes”.

The Raksha Bandhan celebrations in question were held at Dimapur in Nagaland and Tamenglong in Manipur. The BJP took the initiative at Dimapur and a students’ body at Tamenglong.

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