By Bhupen Goswami (PNI)

Guwahati : National Socialist Council of Nagaland, (Isak-Muivah) said that No Nagalim Without Parts Of Northeast Inhabited By Nagas. The integration of all Naga inhabited areas of the northeast is a significant part of the ongoing peace talks with the centre. “Nagalim shall not be formed excluding any part of Northeast India that is inhabited by Nagas” the group added. NSCN (IM) has also warned of retaliation against any power that goes against the formation of Nagalim. It may be mentioned here that the group has been fighting for the cause of Nagalim since the last 21 years. Subsequently, the “framework agreement” was signed between the centre and the NSCN-IM on August 03, 2015. NSCN (IM) has been demanding the integration of Naga inhabited areas of Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur as well as Myanmar into Nagalim. However, numerous organisations as well as the state governments and centre has been opposing the same. Minister of State for Home recently announced that the Naga Accord shall not affect the neighbouring states in any way. Nagaland CM Neiphiu Rio has also earlier asserted the same.In a statement, the NSCN-IM, in ceasefire since 1997, stated that the Indo-Naga political talks sans integration of all the contiguous Naga areas will be a futile exercise. “Naga territories which have been kept apart arbitrarily and indiscriminately by the British in the first place and then further divided between Burma (now Myanmar) and India under Nehru without the knowledge and consent of the Naga people is totally unacceptable. Just as there cannot be a kingdom without territory, so the Indo-Naga political talks sans integration of all the contiguous Naga areas will be a futile exercise,” a statement read. The NSCN-IM has been demanding Nagalim – an integration of Naga-inhabited areas of Nagaland’s three neighbours – Assam, Manipur and Arunachal Pradesh. The release further stated that the historic Framework Agreement of August 3, 2015, between the Government of India and NSCN, was signed in recognition of the Nagas’ situation that integration of all the contiguous Naga areas is the legitimate right of the Naga people and it is mutually agreed that it will be pursued through a political process. “Now, after 21 years of negotiations, India and Naga people are prepared to finalize the political dialogue to its logical conclusion and resolve the oldest political problem in entire South East Asia. Any attempt, at this crucial juncture, to undermine or disturb the peace process without being able to make head or tail of the negotiation shall no longer be tolerated,” the release further stated. The Naga ceasefire outfit further slammed Nagaland chief minister Neiphiu Rio for his recent statements on the ongoing talks by terming it as “irrational and irresponsible statements”.Nagaland CM Neiphiu Rio has also earlier asserted the same. Rio’s statement that integration of the Naga inhabited areas was not possible, however, was slammed by NSCN (IM).