To resolve the feud between the rebel groups – NSCN(IM), National Naga Political Groups (NNPG), IB Special Director Akshay Kumar Mishra will also be a part of the efforts.
According to the reports, following a standoff between the rebel groups and the Centre’s interlocutor, he Narendra Modi government has given the fire-fighting task of bringing the apparently “derailed” Naga peace talks back on track.
On order from the PMO, to resolve the feud between the rebel groups – NSCN(IM), National Naga Political Groups (NNPG), IB Special Director Akshay Kumar Mishra will also be a part of the efforts along with centre’s interlocutor RN Ravi, who is also the Nagaland Governor.
“Over the last six years RN Ravi, in his capacity as interlocutor, was talking to various Naga groups. However, since the past 10 or 11 months, things are not going well,” NDTV quoted a senior ministry official as saying in its report.
The rebel groups have not only accused Guv Ravi of creating an “imbroglio” in the talks process but have also accused him of changing the deal.
“On the current status of the talks, NSCN put on record that PM-level talk has not gone down to Intelligence Bureau-level talk. The Interlocutor carries the mandate of the PM. NSCN has been talking to Ravi as Interlocutor and not as Governor. But since Ravi created an imbroglio in the talks process, the PM gave the mandate to continue the talks to a team of the IB as a fast-track channel for communication and clear the pending points in the competency. Once everything is clear, the agreement will be at the political level of the Prime Minister,” the rebel group said in a statement.
The process of peace talks was hampered when Ravi in his Independence Day speech, targetted the ruling Nagaland government and blamed “vested interests” for not allowing the dividends of peace to reach the state’s people.
“Nagaland is endowed with one of the finest human and natural resources. Unfortunately, today it has the dubious distinction of the worst-performing state in the country, including the northeast region, on almost all significant indicators of human development,” Ravi had said.
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