KOHIMA, AUG 13: The Naga College students’ Federation (NSF), the apex Naga pupil physique, has directed all its federating items and subordinate our bodies to not permit college students from instructional establishments beneath their jurisdiction to take part in Independence Day programmes on August 15, “until the order for necessary enjoying or singing of the revised Indian nationwide music Vande Mataram throughout official features is revoked.”
Following this NSF directive, varied Naga pupil our bodies have issued their respective instructions accordingly.
In accordance with the NSF, the Naga individuals haven’t any objection to celebrating Independence Day or respecting the Nationwide Flag and the Nationwide Anthem. The NSF, nonetheless, mentioned the “obligatory participation” in Vande Mataram, significantly because of its devotional and non secular overtones, battle with the conscience and sincerely held beliefs of scholars from non-Hindu communities.
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“India is a secular democratic republic, its Structure ensures freedom of conscience and faith. No pupil needs to be compelled to take part in any religiously delicate expression opposite to their beliefs,” the NSF mentioned, invoking constitutional safeguards beneath Article 371A, which protects the non secular and social practices of the Nagas..
The NSF has instructed all its federating items and subordinate our bodies to implement the boycott and make sure that no pupil faces disciplinary motion, discrimination, intimidation, or educational penalties for declining to take part on grounds of conscience or non secular perception.
Saying that the “Naga homeland” has traditionally upheld peaceable coexistence, mutual respect, and non secular tolerance, the NSF acknowledged that it might pursue the matter peacefully and democratically, whereas safeguarding the id, rights, and beliefs of Naga college students, youth, and the bigger group.
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