DIMAPUR, Sept 10 - Amid informal talks with the Centre, the NSCN (I-M) has stressed that the process of reconciliation and unity among Nagas and the political talks should go on side by side.
The outfit held a meeting with the Eastern Nagaland People�s Organization (ENPO) in its bid to take everyone on board for Naga unity and reconciliation here on Wednesday. The ENPO was joined by the Eastern Naga Students� Federation (ENSF) and the Eastern Naga Mothers� Association (ENMA).
The NSCN (I-M) leaders also briefed the three organisations of eastern Nagaland on the progress of the ongoing Indo-Naga political talks.
Stating that the meeting was held in a cordial atmosphere, the outfit appreciated the ENPO for its stand for an honourable, acceptable and early solution of the Indo-Naga issue. It also lauded the ENPO for its consistency in pushing for Naga unity and reconciliation.
The NSCN (I-M) team was led by its chairman, Q Tuccu, and vice chairman Tongmeth Wangnao, while the ENPO was led by its president, Kekongchim Yimchunger.
On September 4, the NSCN (I-M) held a consultative meeting with the Nagaland Gaon Buras Federation (NGBF) on the ongoing Indo-Naga peace process. The meeting resolved to strengthen the ongoing Indo-Naga peace talks and seek an honourable, acceptable, early and lasting solution to the issue.
It stressed that the desire for reconciliation and unity within the Naga family must be respected. It said the effort of coming together of all Naga political groups should be sustained with all seriousness in the larger political interest of the Naga people and their posterity.
While the NSCN (I-M) is seeking replacement of RN Ravi, also the Nagaland Governor, as the Centre�s interlocutor for the Naga talks, the Naga National Political Groups and the NGBF want a solution to the Naga issue soon without changing the interlocutor.
In a representation to Prime Minister Narendra Modi last month, 14 apex Naga tribal hohos of Nagaland, including the NGBF, sought an early solution but without replacing Ravi as the interlocutor.
The NSCN (I-M) said Ravi �twisted� the Framework Agreement and �misled� the Parliamentary Standing Committee on the steps taken to resolve the Naga issue.
The outfit accused him of committing breach of confidence by circulating the �doctored Framework Agreement and competencies� to the Naga leaders that he favoured after removing a word �new� that virtually changed the meaning of a sentence in the Framework Agreement. It wanted that the pact be handled by somebody other than Ravi, who is sensitive enough to understand and respect what has been achieved during the past 23 years.
