NSCN slams ex-Nagaland CM Jamir over suggestion to PM Modi on Naga issue

Ex-CM urged PM to go for solution minus separate flag and constitution

The National Socialist Council of Nagalim, better known as the Isak-Muivah faction of the NSCN, has slammed former Nagaland Chief Minister S.C. Jamir for urging Prime Minister Narendra Modi to go for a solution to the “Indo-Naga political issue” minus a separate flag and constitution.

The NSCN (I-M) has been insisting on a separate Naga flag and Yehzabo or Naga Constitution as part of the final peace deal. It also claimed that New Delhi had agreed on granting these two demands in the Framework Agreement signed in August 2015.

The Centre denied agreeing to these two demands.

Mr. Jamir on Tuesday met the Prime Minister seeking an early solution to the Naga political issue since the talks concluded officially on October 31, 2019. The former Chief Minister also allegedly made light of the issue of separate flag and constitution.

In a statement issued late on Tuesday, the NSCN (I-M) said Mr. Jamir was campaigning for a solution based on the Agreed Position that “favours his political dream.” The Agreed Position was signed between the Centre and the Naga National Political Groups (NNPGs).

The NNPGs comprise at least six extremist groups ideologically and militarily opposed to the NSCN (I-M). This agreement does not mention a separate flag and constitution.