NSCN (IM), Centre Locked in Stalemate Over Flag & Constitution

New Delhi, October 30, 2019:

After the first session of meeting between the Government of India and the NSCN-IM ended on Wednesday, both the parties agreed to sit for a second session of talks.

Today’s meeting is the third meet between both the sides in a span of three days. As per reports, a 15-member team of the NSCN (IM) is meeting the Government interlocutor RN Ravi for solve the contentious issue of separate Naga flag and Constitution.

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With the Naga peace talks drawing towards a conclusion, much of the contention has been regarding a separate flag as well as Constitution for the Naga people.

Meanwhile, the Government Interlocutor RN Ravi has stated that the NSCN (IM), one of the primary stakeholders, has been delaying the process by bringing up the “contentious” issue of a separate Naga flag and Constitution.

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The Centre had signed a framework agreement with the NSCN (IM) on August 3, 2015 to find a solution to the Naga issue, but Ravi has accused the organization of adopting a “procrastinating attitude to delay the settlement, raising the contentious symbolic issues of separate Naga national flag and constitution”.

Criticizing the NSCN (IM) leadership, Ravi had also stated that the “endless negotiation under the shadow of guns is not acceptable.”

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