FA hanging in balance: Q Tuccu
Source: Chronicle News Service

Imphal, March 21 2023: The Framework Agreement hangs in balance as commitment of the Government of India (G0I) fluctuates wildly every now and then, stated Government of the People's Republic of Nagalim (NSCN-IM) president Q Tuccu.

In his address at the 44th Republic Day celebration held at Hebron on Tuesday, Q Tuccu greeted all Naga people on the occasion and said that the Naga Independence Day was declared on August 14,1947 but India responded with the most brutal unruly armed forces never seen anywhere in the civilised world.

The world at large is the living witness to the horrible military oppressions and the political plight in Nagalim, he said.

According to Q Tuccu, the ceasefire agreement in 1997 between the National Socialist Council of Nagalim (NSCN-IM) and the Government of India (G0I) was to prepare the ground for principle-based negotiations and solution.

NSCN-IM took the pain and patience in explaining the unique Naga history and the truth of Naga national issue to the Government of India and it took five years to make the authorities of India understand the Naga issue and get the unique history of the Nagas recognised by G0I in the year 2002 .

This is a milestone achievement in the Indo-Naga political talks.

It took another 13 years of gruelling negotiations which has resulted in signing the historic Framework Agreement on August 3,2015 .

This agreement recognised and protected Naga political identity.

But in the years that followed, the Government of India started to fiddle with what has been agreed upon.

Today, the fate of the Framework Agreement hangs in balance as the commitment of the GOI fluctuates wildly every now and then.

The world at large is keenly watching how India handles the Framework Agreement because it has something to do with the high sounding speech of the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and how he proclaimed before the world that he had solved the longest insurgency problem in Southeast Asia.

However, the hard fact remains that the politics of 'hypocrisy and flattery' is raising its ugly heads again as the Government of India is only looking for an escape route to dilute the political significance of the Framework Agreement, Q Tuccu said.

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