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 News India News Territorial dispute brewing in North East?

Territorial dispute brewing in North East?

Mohua Chatterjee | TNN | Updated: Mar 29, 2017, 08.00 AM IST

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Naga leader Isaac Muivah apparently claimed that greater Nagalim has been
conceded

Naga leaders are claiming that they want integration of Manipur, Assam and
Nagaland: Assam BJP MP Sarmah

NEW DELHI: BJP MP from Tezpur Ram Prasad Sarmah on Tuesday strongly took up
the controversy over Naga leader Isaac Muivah's claim that "greater Nagalim" has
been conceded, indicating the tightrope the saffron party will need to walk on the
issue now that there are NDA governments in Assam, Manipur and Nagaland.

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The matter was taken up in the Lok Sabha during the zero hour when Congress MP
from West Bengal Adhir Ranjan Choudhury asked the government to clarify on the
issue since there was an apparent confusion on the sensitive matter. He said the
Centre claimed that a six-decade-old problem had been resolved in wake of a
framework signed between the Centre and NSCN-IM.
"There are conflicting reports coming now. The NSCN-IM leadership is claiming that
integration of all Naga-inhabited areas has been accepted by the Centre while the
government has denied it. What is the truth?" he asked.

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All are part of India and there is no problem. This is created by looser congress who
could not lift the blockade after 6 months but bjp did in 1 week.AbuBakr AL Togadya

Even before Choudhury finished, the issue was taken up by an agitated Sarmah,
who said, "It is a very important issue of integrity of Assam, Manipur, Arunachal....
Naga leaders are claiming that they want integration of Manipur, Assam and
Nagaland, which is totally illegal. The states of Assam, Manipur and Arunachal
cannot accept it. The Government of India should stop it. Nagaland should return
our territories Dimapur, Sapekhati, Merapani and other areas and Oriam Ghat. It
is our demand. People of Assam will never accept this proposal of greater
Nagaland."

The Modi government might now find itself under pressure to resolve the issue as
the current regional configuration and the BJP regime at the Centre provide the
political leverage to conclude negotiations with Muivah. While there was no reply
from the government's end on the issue, it is to be seen how it deals with the issue
that has the potential to turn volatile.

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AbuBakr AL Togadya

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All are part of India and there is no problem. This is created by looser congress who
could not lift the blockade after 6 months but bjp did in 1 week.

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AbuBakr AL Togadya - BLR - 11 days ago

This is Congis ploy to kill BJP's momentum in North-East and there is nothing else to
this....

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Anand Mirle - india - 10 days ago

and the leftist's

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AbuBakr AL Togadya - Bangalore - 11 days ago

It is the BJP which is keeping the Naga Accord a secret . What is there to hide ?

Rajiv Gandhi showed a lot of sagacity in inking the Longowal and Assam accords. Mr
Modi has yet to show the spirit of openness and accommodation needed to solve
tricky issues.The Naga Framewok is still a secret document . Why ? Now the ball is
firmly in NDA's court and no point in blaming things on what the Congress or
Vajpayee did.

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The opposition got a chance to boil the situation. Our leaders can't think beyond
caste, religion, language; they always want people to fight each other.

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MarG G Meri

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Mumbai - 11 days ago

Govt. may find the real reason behind escalation of this issue now, if they check the
data of travel of the agitating NE members.

There is a reason every now and then Gandhi family leaves India and goes on world
tour.

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