After adopting a resolution on its demand for a separate flag and constitution (Yehzabo), the Isaac-Muivah-led National Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN-IM) on Tuesday signaled to the central government that the ball was now in its court. is in.
The most influential Naga insurgent group held an emergency national council meeting at its headquarters at Camp Hebron Church near Dimapur to reach a final agreement on two key demands.
Several leaders from the civil and military wings as well as Tatars (members of the government of the NSCN-IM) were present for the meeting. The group drafted a resolution stating that there would be no talks with the Center without the Naga flag and constitution.
After a five-hour meeting, the rebel group said it would not compromise on the flag and the constitution.
During the meeting, NSCN-IM President Kyu Tukku delivered a three-page speech, which said, “Today, the time for reckoning has come. This is the moment of truth that we have to face. Hundreds of thousands of people have laid down their lives for the independence of the Nagas, and the onus is on our shoulders to fulfill their prayers and dreams for a respectable political solution that sees the Naga national flag flying high.”
He further said, “We have to prove ourselves… In front of the Naga people, the torchbearers of the frontline of the Naga political movement will stand till the last man standing in defense of our rights.”
Tukku also stated that after seven decades of the “independence movement”, the group was forced to convene this national assembly to reaffirm its stand before the central government. “How can we lose the Naga national flag and the Constitution in the name of a political solution? What is ours, which defines our political identity, can never be compromised for a sweet bite in the name of Naga political settlement. We cannot be made a laughing stock in front of the world by succumbing to pressure or temptation,” he said.
NSCN-IM and the Center signed a landmark Framework Agreement on August 3, 2015 in the presence of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Rajnath Singh, the then Home Minister in Delhi.
Recalling the agreement at the meeting, Tukku said, “We signed the historic framework agreement with deep political insight, keeping in mind the sovereign rights and dignity of the Naga people. We have applied our historical and political intuition while signing the agreement. Unfortunately, there are forces at work which are trying to reduce its political importance…”
The sovereign identity of the Nagas is prominently reflected in the Framework Agreement, he said. “Past record of political agreements India It has given us bitter lessons and we have to be wary of any Naga settlement which has betrayed our rights and national identity.”
“Therefore, this is the momentous occasion which will decide the future of the Naga nation for years to come. So, let’s take a word by word in mind that we have to consider today. There is no turning back from the attitude we have to adopt today. However, let us believe that ‘we will win someday’.”
Last Saturday, May 28, the Parliamentary Committee on Naga Political Issues (CCoNPI) and the core committee of the NSCN-IM had said that it seeks the support of Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma to continue the process of talks. The delegation in Dimapur and Nagaland Chief Minister Nefio Rio and senior leader V.S. The NSCN-IM delegation led by Atem held a four-hour meeting. In that meeting, the CCoNPI urged the NSCN-IM to continue the dialogue with the Centre.
The CCoNPI is also likely to apprise the Assam Chief Minister, who is also the convener of the Northeast Democratic Alliance, about the outcome of the meeting, so that it can be taken up with the Centre. “We discussed the need for Himanta Biswa Sarma’s support. It is better that one can speak for both the Center and even the Naga people,” said Neeba Kronu, member of CCONPI, “We are hopeful that through very good understanding we can bring a solution at the earliest. Huh.
On NSCN-IM’s insistence that the Framework Agreement should include a flag and a constitution, Kronu said that the CCONPI would discuss it with the Centre.
The Naga National Political Group, the umbrella body of seven Naga insurgent groups led by N Kitowi Zhimomi, is also in favor of an early signing of a peace deal to resolve the state’s decades-old insurgency and political problem. The groups had signed an “agreed position” with the center on 17 November 2017.
Naga peace talks were put on a fast track in the last one month due to the Nagaland Assembly elections being held in February-March 2023.
After India’s independence, Naga leaders have tried to assert their independence. In 1975, the separatist Naga National Council (NNC) gave up violence and signed the Shillong Accord with the Centre. Some leaders of the NNC rejected this peace treaty, including Isaac Chishi Swee, Thuingleng Muivah and SS Khaplang. These leaders formed the NSCN as a new separatist organization on 31 January 1980, which has been described as a separate group from the NNC.
The NSCN started an underground Naga federal government with civil and military wings. Later, a disagreement emerged within the organization over the issue of initiating talks with the Indian government. On April 30, 1988, the NSCN split into two factions: the NSCN-K, led by Khaplang, and the NSCN-IM, led by Isaac Chishi Swu and Thuingleng Muivah.
Partition was accompanied by a period of violence and clashes between factions. In 1997, a ceasefire agreement was signed between the NSCN-IM and the government. Later, the NSCN-K abrogated the ceasefire agreement.
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