{"id":231905,"date":"2023-12-31T22:40:41","date_gmt":"2023-12-31T17:10:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/?p=231905"},"modified":"2023-12-31T22:41:42","modified_gmt":"2023-12-31T17:11:42","slug":"3-naga-groups-come-together-for-talks-with-centre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/2023\/12\/31\/3-naga-groups-come-together-for-talks-with-centre\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Naga groups come together for talks with Centre"},"content":{"rendered":"

DIMAPUR, 31 Dec:<\/strong> Three Naga groups have come together and decided to pursue negotiations for a solution to the decades-old Naga political issue with the Centre jointly.<\/p>\n

The decision was taken on Saturday during a meeting attended by leaders of the three groups – the National Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN), led by Akato Chophy, the NSCN led by Khango, and the Naga National Council (NNC), led by Z Royim. All three are splinter groups.<\/p>\n

“The three groups have come together to have a joint political venture in 2024,” said Akato, addressing journalists after the meeting here in the presence of leaders of the other two groups.<\/p>\n

Asked if they have already approached the Centre with their decision to hold a dialogue, he said, “We have made separate approaches in the past but now we will make a joint effort on the Naga issue.”<\/p>\n

Akato also affirmed that they would be holding a dialogue separate from the negotiations being held by the Working Committee of Naga National Political Groups (WC-NNPG) with the Centre.<\/p>\n

The NNPG is composed of only seven groups, while other Naga groups have been left out, he said, announcing that the three groups welcome like-minded organisations to join them for the cause of Nagas.<\/p>\n

Stating that there is no nomenclature for the three groups who have come together, Akato said that they will approach the Centre for political talks.<\/p>\n

The Naga political issue is considered the longest-running insurgency in the country. The Centre has been holding separate negotiations with the NSCN (IM) since 1997 and the WC NNPGs since 2017.<\/p>\n

Eight years have passed since the signing of the acclaimed framework agreement on 3 August, 2015 with the NSCN (IM), and another six years have gone by following the inking of agreed position on 17 November, 2017 with the WC NNPGs.<\/p>\n

The NSCN (IM) has remained adamant on its demand for a separate flag and constitution for the Nagas, as well as integration of Naga-inhabited areas spread over four states of India – Arunachal, Assam, Manipur and Nagaland, and also Myanmar.<\/p>\n

On the other hand, the WC of NNPGs has expressed its willingness to accept whatever is granted for now and continue with the talks.<\/p>\n

Nonetheless, as of now, there is no significant development in the political negotiations between the Centre and the Naga groups. (PTI)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

DIMAPUR, 31 Dec: Three Naga groups have come together and decided to pursue negotiations for a solution to the decades-old Naga political issue with the Centre jointly. The decision was taken on Saturday during a meeting attended by leaders of the three groups – the National Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN), led by Akato Chophy, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-231905","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-north-east","7":"category-state-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231905","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=231905"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231905\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=231905"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=231905"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=231905"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}