Nagaland to discuss autonomy for six eastern districts on June 30

The Nagaland government has scheduled a consultative meeting on June 30 to discuss the Centre’s proposal for the creation of an autonomous council comprising six districts

GUWAHATI

The Nagaland government has scheduled a consultative meeting on June 30 to discuss the Centre’s proposal for the creation of an autonomous council comprising six districts in the eastern part of the State. 

These districts, allegedly deprived of development by successive governments, are Kiphire, Longleng, Mon, Noklak, Shamator, and Tuensang. 

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Organisations of seven dominant Naga communities — Chang, Khiamnuingan, Konyak, Phom, Sangtam, Tikhir, and Yimkhiung — across the six districts have been demanding a separate State called Frontier Nagaland since 2010. 

The demand has been spearheaded by the Eastern Nagaland People’s Organisation (ENPO). 

A notice issued by Nagaland’s Home Department on June 23 said the consultative meeting would be held at the State Banquet Hall in Kohima.