SS Khaplang after breaking away from the party became a bitter rival of the parent organisation
Two warring factions of Nationalist Socialist Council of Nagaland decided to bury the hatchet for the time being following the death of SS Khaplang on Friday.
NSCN was formed in 1980 by late Isak Chishi Swu, Thuingaleng Muivah and Khaplang. The organisation was formed to oppose the Shillong Accord signed by the then Naga National Council (NNC) with the Government of India.
Later, a disagreement surfaced within the outfit leaders over the issue of commencing dialogue with the Indian Government. In 1988, the NSCN split into two factions; the NSCN-K led by Khaplang, and the NSCN-IM, led by Isak Chishi Swu and Thuingaleng Muivah. The split was accompanied by a spate of violence and clashes between the factions with Khaplang even leading an unsuccessful bid on Muivah's life.
Khaplang died following a cardiac arrest at Takka in Myanmar last night. "It is tragic that an important Naga leader like Khaplang expired considering the fact that the protracted Naga political problem is on the verge of being resolved and the need for all different Naga political groups to come together to air our views and aspirations to the Government of India in one voice is absolutely imperative," Nagaland CM Shurhozelie Liezietsu said.
But following Khaplang's death, it looks like bygones are truly bygones, as NSCI (IM) released a press release, saying they forgave Khaplang for the decisions he took.
In a statement, the NSCN (IM) said, "The NSCN extends its deep condolence to the bereaved family members of the late SS Khaplang, who breathed his last on June 9, 2017. Based on the declaration made by our former Chairman, late Isak Chishi Swu on forgiveness and reconcillation, we have foriven SS Khaplang of all the political mistakes and crimes he had committed, however grave they might be, in the precious name of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. The NSCN invokes the blessings from the Almighty to give comfort and sustenance to the saddened and pained hearts of bereaved family and grant eternal rest to the departed soul of the leader."
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