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Naga problem : New Delhi holds talks with NSCN (Khaplang) |
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The National Socialist Council of Nagaland (Khaplang) held talks with the Centre last week, discussing issues relating to the ceasefire ground rules.
The meeting between NSCN (K) representatives and senior Home Ministry officials came two days after the Centre’s talks with the outfit’s rival faction.
Both sides discussed ways to further strengthen the cease¬fire ground rules. The NSCN (K) is believed to have raised the issue of shifting its designated camps in Nagaland, which has been opposed by the NSCN (I-M). Both the camps have been engaged in bitter clashes in recent times.
The Centre had entered into a ceasefire in 2001 with NSCN (K), which is believed to have raised issues relating to violence unleashed by the NSCN (I-M) at the meeting.
On Wednesday, Oct. 10, the government held talks with the NSCN (I-M) to find a peaceful solution to the six-decade-old insurgency problem in Nagaland. The clashes between the two NSCN factions echoed at the meeting where the NSCN (I-M) asked the Centre to “control” members of the Khaplang faction to maintain peace in Nagaland.
Security jitters for Tipaimukh project
Security forces in the region are apprehensive of the NSCN (Isak-Muivah) targeting the proposed hydel power plant at Tipai¬mukh in Churachandpur district of Manipur.
A recent report of a central intelligence agency said the NSCN (I-M) has prepared a strategy to attack Tipaimukh early next year when construction of Neepco’s 1500-MW hydel power project will be under way.
The report seeks to alert New Delhi about possible future shocks. The agency has already warned the Centre to tailor future requirements as well as strategy, keeping in mind the possibility of trouble in Manipur’s volatile insurgency scenario.
As the Tipaimukh area near Parbung township is inhabited mostly by Hmars, the NSCN (I-M) is now wooing one of its stead¬fast allies - the Hmar People’s Conference (Democratic) - with an aim to take the lead in orchestrating terrorism in the area where a Neepco colony is scheduled to be set up.
Flush with cash, the NSCN (I-M) is keen to expand its turf in the Northeast and is recruiting disgruntled tribal youth. It is also indulging in arms trafficking and providing training to other rebel groups.
The Barak Valley Youth Liberation Force is the most recent group to have bonded with the NSCN (I-M).
The Centre, however, is aware of the rebel threat to one of the biggest power projects in the Northeast and has already made arrangements for deploying at least three battalions to be drawn from the CRPF and CISF at Tipaimukh.
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