He was speaking during a programme held to commemorate 25 years of Indo-Naga ceasefire at Mission Centre, Western Chakhesang Baptist Church Council (WCBCC),
'Beginning with the long march from Dimapur to Kohima with hundreds of Nagas, men and women, young and old, against the Armed Forces Special Powers’ Act (AFSPA) and for the dignity of the Naga people as human beings, the bugle has been sounded for the mass movement against the draconian law which has played hell with the Nagas for the last 64 years'.