Nagaland Tribes Council urges PM Narendra Modi to resolve Naga political issue

Dimapur, Feb. 16 (EMN): The Nagaland Tribes Council (NTC) has submitted a representation to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, urging him to resolve the long-awaited solution to the Naga political issue “as has been promised”.

It stated that the negotiations between the Naga political groups (NPGs) and government of India (GoI) on the Naga political issue had officially concluded on October 31, 2019, and” the only task left at the moment is for the GoI to take a call for signing the agreement between the Naga negotiators and GoI”.

“However, the assured political settlement is still evasive for the last two-and-a-half years even after the conclusion of the political dialogue. The longer the matter of settlement for a political solution is delayed, the more problems will surface as a result of which the brunt of the backlash always fall and impact the common people for no fault of theirs,” read the representation.   

“Exertions of time, energy, efforts and resources have been put in to nurture the assured political solution process which is required to be respected by all concerned at all times. In fact, during the early part of 2018 proposed general election in Nagaland, the Naga people wanted ‘Solution but not Election” but the encompassing word of GoI ‘Election for solution’ could convince the honest and innocent Nagas for a better world,” it added.

The NTC went on to state that the sugar-coated words: “Solution before Christmas” and “as Christmas gift” further hoodwinked the people of Nagaland in particular and the Nagas in general. 

“The promises are yet to be fulfilled till date,” it wrote.

The council went on to urge the prime minister to resolve the decades-old Naga political issue and bring a solution is “honourable and acceptable without any further delay”.