The Nagaland Tribes Council calls on the centre to carry out the Naga Peace Agreements
The Nagaland Tribes Council calls on the centre to carry out the Naga Peace Agreements
Digital desk: The Nagaland Tribes Council (NTC) raised serious concern over the ongoing delay in implementing the two agreements reached between two Naga groups and the Government of India, leading to the rapid growth of more than 28 groups in the state.
According to the council, endless taxing, intimidation, and kidnapping for quick cash in the guise of Naga sovereignty were all contributing to the problems and harming public life. The NTC urged the Centre to execute the Framework Agreement reached with the NSCN (I-M) in 2015 and the Agreed Position inked with the working committee of the Naga National Political Groups (NNPGs) in 2017.
In a statement, NTC president C Pankathung Lotha and General Secretary C Onen Walling expressed disappointment that no progress had been achieved toward the fulfillment of the two agreements despite the passage of time, causing dissatisfaction and mistrust among the Naga people. The NTC also urged the NSCN (I-M) to make the full text of the Framework Agreement's competency clauses publicly available, urging the Center to act immediately to address this "Naga solution issue" and ensure that any solution is inclusive, honorable, and acceptable to the Nagas.
Concerning the Register of Indigenous Inhabitants of Nagaland (RIIN), the NTC requested that the State Government follow the approved RIIN Regulation, with December 1, 1963, as the cut-off year. In addition, the NTC criticized the intended dissolution of the Free Regime Movement along the India-Myanmar border, claiming that it is against international law and human rights.
