DIMAPUR, JANUARY 11 (MExN): The Nagaland Tribes Council (NTC) has questioned the Government of India’s silence to the inordinate delay of resolving the Naga political issues.
The NTC had recently submitted representations to the Prime Minister on February 16, 2022; April 30, 2022; and September 16, 2022 for early settlement of the Naga issue – the same copies of which were also submitted to JP Nadda, National President, BJP during his official visit to Nagaland on September 16, 2022.
It cited how the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs, in its report, recommended that the government should conclude the peace talks, at the earliest, based on a broad understanding over the most contentious issues. The Committee also recommended that the government should tread carefully on the issues sensitive to the Nagas and not let vested interests highjack the peace narratives.
The NTC, at the same time highlighted the willingness of the State Legislators and the Members of Parliament with their eagerness to solve the protracted Naga political issue.
The NTC pointed out that the ball for settlement of the protracted Naga political issue before elections to the Nagaland Legislative Assembly 2023 is in the court of the Government of India now. This is the time to test the trustworthiness and sincerity of the GoI towards the people of Nagaland, it stated.
The NTC said it cannot tolerate to see that the hard earned works for resolution of the Naga political issue as has been done and submitted by the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs, GoI, vide Report No. 213, and that of the very recommendations of the Parliamentary Standing Committee which is overdue are shelved.
It once again urged the highest authority of the country to have ‘political will’ and ink the agreement before the General Election to the Nagaland Legislative Assembly 2023 so as to strengthen the confidence between the people of Nagaland and the GoI, and usher in lasting peace and progress that will go a long way in building a permanent peace in the North Eastern Region of India.
