What could have been a successful demonstration to the world of how India created Nagaland as a full state under the Union of India, with the Prime Minister of India in Kohima for the swearing-in ceremony of the new state government, was cut short due to reminders and a peaceful demonstration carried out by the powerful Naga Students’ Federation (NSF).
By ICNA
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It is extremely serious, and this set of February 24, 2023 events is different from previous ones in part because it is occurring on two fronts at the same time: India imposed election campaigned by India’s Prime Minister Modi in Dimapur, Nagaland, and the Naga student body calling for third-party international and United Nations (UN) mediation in resolving the more than seven decades conflict between India and the Naga people, writes Augustine R.
By Augustine R.
View More India’s Prime Minister Modi campaigned in Nagaland, and the Naga student body has called for international intervention – what does this mean?
Approaches such as the Indo-Naga Framework Agreement of 2015 suggest that, through adroit formulation and a spirit of compromise, many gaps in the main issues are not insurmountable, however, the approaches and tactics to win over another party by using a “no-win” argument, will simply lead to more deadlocks – is what makes the Indo-Naga conflict such a protracted-and perhaps insoluble-issue.
By Augustine R.
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Unfortunately, throughout the Indo-Naga conflicts, there have been numerous examples of how the same events and negotiations can be interpreted in vastly different ways by India and the Naga people. Against this backdrop, it will examine Gandhi’s contested statement to the Naga delegation as per a letter/memorandum sent by A.Z Phizo, President of the Naga National Council (NNC), to the President of the Republic of India on November 1, 1957, and subsequent communications in relation to the letter.
By Augustine R.
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