Morung Express News
Dimapur | January 7
In his 25-minute meeting with Congress President Sonia Gandhi last evening, NSCN (I-M) General Secretary Thuingaleng Muivah is believed to have said that the deadlock in talks between Delhi and his organization was having a negative effect and that the situation was getting out of hand.
A reliable source in Delhi today told The Morung Express that the meeting, which was also attended by Oscar Fernandes, who heads the Group of Ministers engaged in negotiations with NSCN-IM leaders, was held to discuss why the talks were at deadlock. “There must be an honourable and mutually acceptable solution on both sides,” Sonia was quoted as saying. To this, Muivah is reported to have given his commitment but said ground realities tell a different tale. He blamed the Indian establishment of encouraging elements that are inimical to the peace process. The Naga leader is reported to have said that the patience of the NSCN (I-M) is running thin.
While communicating that neither the Congress President’s nor the Prime Minister’s sincerity was doubted, Muivah said he was compelled to ask why this sincerity was not reflected on ground realities, the source said. Though Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is respected, how can he say he is not aware of happenings, Muivah is said to have asked Sonia.
The Naga leader said if the present situation persists, things will go out of hand, the source added.
Meanwhile, according to a PTI report, Muivah is understood to have expressed concern at attacks on NSCN-IM cadres in Nagaland by rival groups like the Khaplang faction of NSCN and NPP, which was dormant till recently.
The report also said the NSCN-IM had expressed “utmost surprise” at attacks on its cadres by the NPP, an organisation which dominated the Naga movement in its early stages but had become virtually defunct over the decades.
Muivah is expected to meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in the next couple of days.
