If the Nagas were to be taken as equal partners of Independent India, we do not see any reason why a legislature where we have no representative (and where we will have no representative) should seek to control us. We do not see why some representative should dream of taking away the only bit of land accessible to the Nagas for their economical growth. We do not see any reason why one should think of driving away the foreign missionaries who had been responsible for our past educational progress. May we ask if the intention is to convert all the Nagas into Hindus or is to stop the educational progress of the Nagas? The Government can try anything but they can not stop the Nagas from eating beef, the most essential item in their religious performances.
