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04/19/2010: "Muivah resumes dialogue OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT The Telegraph"

Muivah resumes dialogue OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT The Telegraph

New Delhi, April 17: The National Socialist Council of Nagalim (Isak-Muivah) resumed talks with the Centre here today and discussed differences over some points in the memorandum it had submitted earlier.
NSCN (I-M) general secretary Thuingalang Muivah led a four-member team of senior leaders, including Rh Raising and Imcha Longkumer, to negotiate their demands with the interlocutor for Naga talks, R.S. Pandey, and senior home ministry officials.
“We met and discussed the points that they have submitted, but differences continue. The talks will continue,” a senior home ministry official said.
The key issues for the past three years has been Muivah’s proposal for a “special federal relationship between Nagalim and India” with the Nagas having a constitution of their own. This has been a bone of contention.
The government has its own set of proposals, which was readied earlier this year. This, too, is being discussed. The home ministry had made it clear that unless all rebel factions come together and accept a package from the Centre, the talks will not succeed.
Meetings this year are being held in a new setting as the warring factions of the NSCN seem to have reconciled substantially, if not completely. For a year now, there have been no inter-factional clashes with the Khaplang group of the NSCN, infusing fresh enthusiasm for the dialogue.
Sources said this afternoon’s meeting lasted for more than an hour-and-a-half. No dates have been fixed for the next meeting between the two parties. However, “frequent” talks will be held with an understanding that neither party would leak any information.
Muivah returned to India from South Africa in February and called on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and home minister P. Chidambaram last month before leaving for Nagaland. The rebel leader had to settle leadership issues after the death of the outfit’s vice-president, Khadao Yanthan.
Talks with NSCN-IM very positive: Govt Assam Tribune

NEW DELHI, April 18 – Aiming at an honourable solution to the vexed Naga issue, militant group NSCN-IM and government’s new interlocutor have held a key round of negotiations which have been described as “very positive”.
A delegation of NSCN-IM led by its general secretary Thuingaleng Muivah held parleys with the new interlocutor R S Pandey last evening to iron out differences on several crucial issues including integration of Naga inhabited areas.
“The meeting was very good, very positive. We have engaged in discussion to sort out our differences,” Pandey told PTI.
The meeting was held in the backdrop of Muivah’s visit to Nagaland where he had held consultations with civil society, political leaders and NGOs and also Pandey’s tour to the state to get feedback from ground level.
The Nagaland Assembly too had adopted a resolution hailing the Centre’s move to give fresh impetus to the Naga talks by appointing an “appropriate interlocutor”.
“We are trying to find out an honourable solution acceptable to both sides. This time there is a sense of urgency. The positive thing is that there is a right spirit, the spirit of understanding,” Pandey, a 1972-batch Nagaland cadre IAS officer, said.
NSCN-IM has proposed a federal relationship with the Indian Union with additional financial and legislative powers to handle while the Central government offered financial package for socio-cultural development of Naga people, sources said.
Among the issues in the charter of demands which was presented to the Centre by the rebels, the NSCN-IM pointed out certain taxation matters and preservation of cultural heritage, the sources said.
Muivah, who along with four other Naga leaders, arrived here on February 27 from Amsterdam held a round of talks with Pandey earlier.
“We will meet again soon to discuss informally and narrow down our differences before the next round of talks,” Pandey said.
A village divided into two, but no dispute STAFF WRITER Atanu Phukan PTI
Longwa (Nagaland), Apr 19 (PTI) The chief of this village inhabited by Konyaks, the largest tribe in Nagaland known for their craftsmanship, cooks his food in a kitchen which falls in Myanmar, while he sleeps in a room which is in India.

Though the Indo-Myanmar border separates this remote village with boundary pillars number 144, 145 and 146 lying in the middle, peaceful coexistence has prevailed for years.

After trekking through 45 km of hilly terrain from the district headquarters town Mon, one can reach Longwa to find almost 30 per cent of the households lie on the other side of the international boundary where Assam Rifles personnel keep strict vigil from a hilltop to maintain the sanctity of the border.
NSCNs fight media war Source: Hueiyen News Service / Newmai News Network
Dimapur, April 18 2010: After having agreed to stop issuing provocative statements in the media by the three Naga underground groups, the media war between the NSCN-IM and the NSCN-K has re-emerged again.

On Sunday, the NSCN-IM accused NSCN-K leader Khugalu Mulatuno of a person 'employed' by the Government of India's Intelligence Bureau (IB) and Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) whose activities are that of anti-Naga.

The reaction of the NSCN-IM was triggered by Khugalu Mulatonu's statement which demanded that the United Nations (UN) should investigate crimes committed by Thuingaleng Muivah and called him a terrorist.

It all began when the NSCN-IM leader had announced recently the amalgamation of erstwhile Kuki Tribal Union (KTU) and the NSCN-IM's 'Kuki Affairs'.

In that significant development ten days ago which came out from the National Socialist Council of Nagalim (NSCN), Th Muivah, general secretary of the group made a declaration reiterating the 'friendship' and commitment with the Kukis under the aegis of Kuki Tribal Union (KTU).

The declaration was announced by during the "amalgamation programme of the KTU and Kuki Affairs" at Hebron Camp, Nagaland recently, according to a statement issued by Samson Jajo, principal secretary of the group (NSCN-IM).

It stated that ' in fulfillment of its solidarity towards KTU that has begun during the period of Naga National Council (NNC), Th Muivah also declared that the post of KTU's president will be equivalent with that of steering committee member while the KTU vice-president post will be equivalent to deputy kilonser of the NSCN-IM.

However, on Saturday, the NSCN-K said that when the Naga National Council (NNC) was formed, every Naga tribe, in order to contribute more meaningfully to the Naga political struggle, formed their own respective tribal union and under the same circumstances, Kukis of Nagaland state formed Kuki Tribal Union (KTU) with late Pu.

Tongngul Hewlai as the first president and Late Pu.

Nguljalet Chomgloi as the last president.

With the signing of infamous Shillong Accord of 1975, which the Nagas outrightly rejected, the KTU too had its natural death.

When the NSCN was split into two, both had separate administrative heads: UT II under NSCN-K and "Kuki Affairs" by NSCN-IM, the NSCN-K statement said.

"The question of KTU being amalgamated with Kuki Affairs does not arise at all.

It is a ploy to confuse the Nagas in general and divide the Kukis at the insistence of few who are based in Manipur state.

The statement issued by Hebron Camp on 10th April shall therefore have no bearing on the Kukis," the NSCN-K statement added.

Meanwhile, on Sunday, the NSCN-IM said, "Mulatonu's statement against NSCN ( Isak-Muivah) and particularly against Muivah is nothing new to the Nagas.

But the fact remains that he is prodded by India's Intelligence Agencies (RAW & IB) to issue such statement to serve their interest.

It is an established fact that Mulatonu has been working faithfully at the behest of Indian masters," accused the NSCN-IM.

NSCN-IM also said Mulatonu who was yet to be conceived in his mother's womb when Muivah activated himself in the Naga political struggle is now sneering, and sneering at the cost of exposing his anti-Naga identity and his pay master who are RAW & IB.

"It has been India's divisive policy to confuse the Nagas, when they miserably failed to convince the Nagas to toe their line of interest, even at the cost of selling out Naga's historical and political rights.

Nothing comes better for Government of India than employing Mulatonu," said the NSCN-IM.
NSCN/GPRN questions Mulatonu’s stand morungexpress
Dimapur, April 18 (MExN): The National Socialist Council of Nagalim has stated that Kughalu Mulatonu’s statement against NSCN and particularly against Muivah is nothing new to the Nagas and that Mulatonu has been “prodded by India’s Intelligence Agencies (RAW & IB) to issue such statement to serve their interest”. It may be mentioned that at a press conference at Khehoi designated camp on Saturday, the GPRN/NSCN envoy made a number of accusations against Muivah.
According to a press note from the MIP, it stated that “it was an established fact that Mulatonu has been working faithfully at the behest of Indian masters.” “A person who was yet to be conceived in his mother’s womb when Muivah activated himself in the Naga Political struggle is now sneering, and sneering at the cost of exposing his anti-Naga Identity and his pay master who are RAW & IB”, the MIP stated while adding that it had been India’s divisive policy to confuse the Nagas when they miserably failed to convince the Nagas to toe their line of interest, even at the cost of selling out Naga’s historical and political rights. “Nothing comes better for Government of India than employing Mulatonu”, the MIP stated.
GPRN/NSCN reaffirms Covenant of Reconciliation

Dimapur, April 18 (MExN): The Joint Working Group, GPRN/NSCN has reaffirmed its full support to the Naga Reconciliation Process. “It is committed to the Covenant of Reconciliation signed by Chairman S.S Khaplang. We have faced obstacles and will continue to encounter obstacles but despite all odds, GPRN/NSCN will continue to work for the reconciliation of all Nagas. JWG shall stay committed to its task as entrusted by the Collective Leadership”, stated a brief press note issued by senior leader C Singson Kuki, Convener, JWG, GPRN/NSCN.