NAGALAND PEACE ACCORD AND RECENT DEVELOPMENT

 NSCN was established in 1980 and divided in two NSCN(IM),NSCN(K) due to difference in ideology.But,due to India's effective counter insurgency program and constant pressure exerted on insurgent outfit by Indian security forces.The NSCN(IM) was forced to sign a ceasefire agreement with India back in 1997 and later the other fraction of NSCN including the khaplang also signed a ceasefire agreement with Indian government.So,over the last two decade Indian government has been looking to initiate Naga peace process in order to settle the age old political crisis that date back to pre Independence.

Finally in 2015 a historic agreement was signed between Indian government and Naga representative including the NSCN(IN) and various Naga political group but this framework agreement was not acceptable to NSCN(K) fraction and hence it broke the ceasefire and it continued its insurgency against Indian government by establishing a strong base in Myanmar.But,however as per the terms of 2015 agreement talks between Indian government , NSCN(IM) and Naga political group progressed with governor of Nagaland RN Ravi playing a key role of interlocutor but over the last few weeks major differences have emerged between RN Ravi and NSCN(IM) and it threatened to derail the ongoing Naga peace process.See,a couple of months ago governor has written a open letter to Indian government labeling NSCN(IM) as a armed gang and openly challenging the legitimacy of state government and Indian constitution.Than recently Indian security forces had even targeted few cadres of NSCN(IM).So,as a result NSCN(IM) has started demanding the Indian government to remove RN Ravi as interlocutor and due to hurdle being placed by the peace process the naga decided to make the confidential agreement of 2015 public and details of the agreement has raised concerns in neighbouring Arunachal Pradesh.

See,Nagas are willing to accept India's sovereignty but demanding greater autonomy for nagas inhabited areas and they are probably expecting the Indian government to grant their constitution of their own.One of the strongest demand of Naga group especially that of NSCN(IM) is to keep all Naga inhabited areas of North East united under the so called "Greater Nagaland" or "Nagaland".This demand of NSCN (IM) has raised lot of concerns in NSCN(IM) and Arunachal Pradesh. The representatives of Arunachal Pradesh have reasons to fear because the Naga peace process might affect the territorial integrity of the state.

See,since the NSCN was established its primary objective was to unify all the Naga inhabited areas in the North East areas of India and to establish this region as separate state or country by gaining independence from India and constitution.This demand of NSCN arises from the fact that Naga tribe are not just limited to state of Nagaland but they can be also found neighbouring Manipur,parts of Assam,Arunachal Pradesh and as well as in parts of Myanmar.So,the stated objective of NSCN has always been to unify the Nagaland inhabited areas and establish the so called "Nagalyam" or "Greater Nagaland".Over the last four decades NSCN has rejected the Indian constitution and today since the insurgent movement has been weekend even though they are willing to accept Indian sovereignty they are still unwilling to accept the supremacy of Indian constitution.