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North East : Fresh round of Naga talks |
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Another round of talks between the National Socialist Council of Nagalim (Isak-Muivah) and Delhi was held in New Delhi last week which the Naga leaders expressed “satisfaction” over the progress.
As in the earlier rounds, a range of issues, or what has come to be called “core issues”, figured in the parleys. “There are indications that the talks can now progress very fast. We covered a lot of ground,” V.S. Atem, emissary of the collective leadership of the NSCN (I-M), said.
Delhi’s interlocutor K. Padmanabhaiah and Naga leader Thuingaleng Muivah, besides other leaders of both sides, were present at the meeting.
NSCN seeks rule revision
The National Socialist Council of Nagalim (Isak-Muivah) has urged the Centre to revise the ceasefire ground rules.
The outfit , which has been accused of violating the ground rules during the past few months for attacking designated camps of its rival factions , claimed that the Centre was willing to change the rules.
The designated camps, seven each for the NSCN factions, were allotted by the ceasefire monitoring group chairman Lt Gen. R.V. Kulkarni in 2002. The cadres of both the factions are expected to stay in these camps. However, the cadres often move around openly with firearms.
“Staying in these designated camps is like staying in jails and that has to be changed,” said an NSCN (I-M) official, Kraibo Chawang.
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