Centre asks Nagaland govt to convince NSCN (IM) to ink final solution to Naga political issue

The Centre has asked the all-party Nagaland government to convince the NSCN (IM) to ink the final solution to the protracted Naga political issue (NPI), the state’s Parliamentary Affairs Minister Neiba Kronu said on Monday.

The message was conveyed by union Home Minister Amit Shah to a 11-member delegation of Nagaland government’s Core Committee on NPI, led by Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio and Deputy Chief Minister Y Patton, during a meeting in Delhi on Monday, Kronu, who was among the delegates, told PTI over phone.

Shah was entrusted by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to meet the core committee, which has been camping in Delhi since Wednesday, he said.

Kronu said the team submitted the 16 July resolution of the core committee and asked Shah to revisit the contentious issues and bring a solution to the issue.

It also reminded Shah of the BJP’s ‘Election for Solution’ slogan in the 2018 state election and urged him to work for a conclusion to the Naga issue ahead of the next edition of the polls due early next year.

The delegation, he said, stressed on a provision in the resolution which laid emphasis on the negotiating parties arriving at a “mutually acceptable definition of competencies” to resolve the contentious issue at the earliest and bring about an “honourable, acceptable and inclusive” final solution.

As the talks had been officially concluded on 31 October, 2019, Modi and Shah were urged upon by the core committee to invite the NSCN (IM) leaders for an early conclusion, he said.