„Where is he going to take the Nagas? He simply wants to divide the people of Naga by signing a parallel agreement. After manipulating the content of the FA, he informed his favorite Naga groups, as fa is considered FA, that FA is simply the recognition of Naga`s past and nothing beyond. In the same way, he misled parliament`s standing committee,” the statement said. In 2015, when Narendra Modi`s government was firmly in power and Prime Minister Modi proposed a quick solution to the dispute, a framework agreement was signed, preparing the terms for the ongoing peace talks. Similarly, some prominent Naga civil society organizations, including the Eastern Naga Peoples` Organization (ENPO), the Naga Tribes Council (NTC), Corruption and Unab Taxation (ACAUT) and Zeliangrong Baudi (based in Manipur), denounced the framework of the discussions. The growing dominance of NSCN-IM in Longding, Tirap and Changlang in Arunachal Pradesh has provoked strong reactions from local authorities in these districts, which are currently unwilling to be part of the proposed agreement. So why did the NSCN (I-M) break its promise to the center? Especially at a time when the Centre`s interlocutor, R.N. Ravi, had said that all the important agreements on the peace agreement had been reached last October and that there were only a few small outstanding questions left to be made? NSCN-IM, one of Naga`s largest groups, signed a framework agreement on August 3, 2015 to end this decades-long problem. The agreement published by the NSCN-IM states that „sovereign power is shared” and that it provides for a „new enduring relationship, including a new relationship of peaceful coexistence between the two entities.” Sunday`s NSCN-IM statement added that while Ravi often spoke of a „problem, a solution,” he signed two agreements — framework agreements with NSCN (IM) and an agreed position with the NNPGs. The Nagas of Manipur are generally known to support the ongoing peace process, despite concerns about the content of the framework agreement and its possible impact on their status.

There is an ongoing information campaign on Manipur`s social media, in which the NSCN-IM Over Ground Workers (OGW) highlighted the Manipur government`s apathy and discriminatory policy against tribes. The outfit`s attempts to create divisions between the Aimol tribe, mainly based in the Chandel district of Manipur, and its continued engagement with the Lamkang tribe are aimed at merging such small tribes into Naga ride. In Assam, particularly along the border areas with Manipur and Nagaland, NSCN-IM cadres have tried to intimidate the non-Naga population in Naga-dominated areas that meet the territorial requirements of the Nagalim metropolitan area. The government informed a parliamentary body that it had signed a framework agreement with the National Socialist Council of Nagaland-Isak-Muivah (NSCN-IM) after concluding an agreement within the Federation of India with a „special status”. Lord…