servants were standing in front of the dais and listened to the speech of the Prime Minister.

On hearing this, Naga leaders were not happy and, therefore, they told the crowd to go away saying, вЂњWhatвЂ™s the use of staying back and listen to him if we are not allowed to speak or submit any paper.вЂќ The crowd then started walking away and not a single soul turned back in spite of some one requesting the people to come back over loud speaker saying, вЂњNehru will listen to you, please do not go away, please come back etc.вЂќ At the end, only few Govt. But before he arrived, the Deputy Commissioner of Kohima, Borkataki by name (an officer from Assam) told the Naga leaders that Nagas would be allowed to listen to Nehru but Nagas would not be allowed to say anything or submit any paper to Nehru. NNC leaders were there but many Nagas were there to see the Prime Minister. Thousands of Naga people gathered together and waiting for the Prime Minister in the Kohima Local Ground. Indira Gandhi also accompanied her father in this visit.

Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of India visited Kohima on 30th March, 1953. This was said to be according to the decision of the people as a whole demonstrated in 1951 Plebiscite. The genesis of the AFSPA runs as follows : The Naga people rejected the first General Election in India in the year 1952. (The abbreviated version AFSPA will be used in this note) Origin of the Draconian Law called вЂњArmed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1958.

Draconian rule