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Without integration, no lasting settlement
The Hindu | Tapan Kumar Bose | January 22, 2013
The issue of integration of Naga inhabited areas lies at the core of the ongoing negotiations. It is an old demand and figures in the succession of peace agreements to resolve the Naga conflict — the Akbar Hydari Agreement 1947, the Sixteen Point Agreement 1960 establishing Nagaland state and the Shillong Accord 1975 which precipitated the emergence of the NSCN. Subsequently, the Nagaland Legislative Assembly in several resolutions called for unification of all Naga inhabited areas under one administrative unit.
New Delhi rejects the demand. Political and partisan reasons dictated by the compulsions of coalition politics constrain the government. Apparently, some negotiators believe the NSCM (I-M) can be persuaded to abandon integration. In their assessment, only the Manipuri Nagas are pushing for integration. They see Naga society as still divided on tribal and communal lines and the anti-Tangkul agitation of 2008 as evidence of a persisting divide. In particular, intelligence agencies argue that apart from historic tribal hostility, the Angami, Sema, Ao and Jakasang Nagas who dominate Nagaland State fear they would lose jobs to Tangkul (Manipur) Nagas in an integrated Nagalim.
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