United Naga Council clarifies on ‘controversial’ representation 

Senapati, August 23 (NNN): The United Naga Council clarified today with regard to the issue of submission of the “controversial” representation to the Prime Minister of India on August 9, 2023, in which 8 Naga MLAs had appended their signature along with other MLAs of Manipur State.

According to the UNC, a joint meeting of the Naga civil society organisations with the Naga MLAs’ Forum was held on August 19, 2023, on the above matter and detailed explanations were given by the members of the Naga MLAs’ Forum on the circumstances under which the representation was submitted to the Prime Minister’s Office. “After a threadbare discussion, all the lapses and differences in the matter have been sorted out objectively in the greater interest,” UNC added.

UNC said, “Having realized the vital need to move forward in cohesion amidst these uncertainties surrounding the Naga people, the meeting also reaffirmed to uphold the commitment to pursue for the final settlement of Indo-Naga political issue based on the basis and the true spirit of the historic Framework Agreement signed on August 3, 2015”.