Tuccu while speaking at the 45th Republic Day celebration in the NSCN-IM’s headquarter in Hebron said, “ Our flag tells everything about our nation, our identity that nobody can take it away. It is this flag that brings us all together as a nation. Let me remind you that from the day NSCN entered into political talks with the government of India we made our stand very clear that no attempt should be made to bully the Nagas into submission. We took the bold stand to tell the government of India that the blunder of history should not be repeated by introducing another 16 point type of solution. Having taken such a stand it was no doubt a tough negotiation all the way as GOI was desperate to have its own way imposed on us. We stood the ground, not submitting to their self-centred and domineering narrative."
