Naga talks still on, panel told 

Naga talks still on, panel told 

Context

No deadline can be set for conclusion of peace deal, says interlocutor

News

Naga interlocutor, RN Ravi, was asked to appear before the parliamentary panel to explain the status of the Naga peace deal

Interlocutor’s position

He told parliamentarians that

• The “Government of India wanted to take all the Naga groups on board.”
• The NSCN-IM had been insisting that since it was the “legitimate Naga group”, negotiations should take place only with it but that was not the stand of the Government of India.

Background: Framework agreement

• On August 3, 2015, Mr. Ravi had signed a “framework agreement” on behalf of the Union government with the NSCN (Isak-Muivah) group to end the decades-old Naga insurgency
• Nagalim Plan: The NSCN-IM has been fighting for ‘Greater Nagaland’ or Nagalim — it wants to extend Nagaland’s borders by including Naga-dominated areas in neighbouring Assam, Manipur and Arunachal Pradesh, to unite 1.2 million Nagas.

Position of other states wrt Nagalim

Assam, Manipur and Arunachal Pradesh, all BJP-ruled States that have Naga populations have refused to part with even an inch of land to make the peace deal a success

Indian Express : NSCN (IM)’s Greater Nagalim Map