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Naga leader pushes for pact between I-M and government
India Today | New Delhi, October 28, 2011
The Centre and the NSCN (Isak-Muivah) should reach an in-principle agreement to resolve India's oldest insurgency before the assembly elections in Manipur in mid-2012, Naga Ho Ho president Keviletuo Kiewhuo has suggested.
"Fourteen years in any negotiations between a state and a rebel group is not a small period. Consensus in politics is never an easy task. But the two sides should take into consideration the views of the majority and arrive at a framework or an in-principle agreement that will form the basis of a future agreement to address all tricky issues," Kiewhuo said.
The Manipur government, civil societies and student organisations in the Manipur valley have been opposed to any bifurcation of the hill districts.
The Centre, whether led by the BJP or the Congress, has not been able to convince Manipur in making any concessions. Asked if granting of hill council status to the Naga majority districts of Manipur could be an interim solution, Kiewhuo replied in the negative. He said such an arrangement would weaken the demand of the Nagas.
Kiewhuo warned that vested interests in Nagaland could get active as the elections approached in order to sabotage the peace process.
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