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Dimapur (Nagaland), August 21
The NSCN(IM) on Sunday mentioned on no account it will forego the demand for a separate flag and ‘Yehzabo’ (structure) to attain a ultimate resolution to the vexed Naga political subject.
The Isak-Muivah faction of the National Socialist Council of Nagalim (NSCN-IM), which is holding peace talks with the federal government for over 20 years, mentioned it attaches nice significance to the Naga flag and structure as a part of the answer.
“Thus, the NSCN(IM) affirmed that under no circumstances it can forego these core issues that symbolised the Naga national identity,” the organisation mentioned in an announcement.
The NSCN(IM) and the Centre signed a framework settlement in 2015 to discover a resolution to the political subject.
The framework settlement got here after over 80 rounds of negotiations spanning 18 years, with the primary breakthrough in 1997 when the ceasefire settlement was sealed after a long time of insurgency in Nagaland which began quickly after Independence in 1947.
The union authorities has additionally been holding a separate parley with Naga National Political Groups (NNPGs) comprising seven organisations since 2017.
However, the ultimate resolution is but to see the sunshine of the day primarily due to the unwillingness of the federal government to simply accept the NSCN(IM)’s persistent demand for a separate flag and structure.
The Centre isn’t prepared to simply accept the calls for in all probability as a result of it had abrogated Article 370 which gave a particular standing to Jammu and Kashmir. With the annulment of the particular standing in 2019, the separate flag and the structure of Jammu and Kashmir stop to exist.
“Time and again the NSCN(IM) has taken the resolute stand that it shall never deviate from the Naga national principle at any cost,” the outfit mentioned within the assertion.
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