The NSCN (IM) disapproved the Centre’s proposed peace plan for Nagaland and termed it as a "double-standard" game.

The Centre has proposed a new peace plan for Nagaland, in which the Naga Hoho, the apex Naga organisation, will get legal jurisdiction over the Nagas, whichever state they might be in.

As per the plan, the Naga Hoho will function like a de facto Nagalim or greater Nagaland without affecting the boundaries of any of the North-Eastern states and will get statutory status and exclusive funding from the Centre.

NSCN (IM) kilonser (minister) Johnny Dilbung in a statement said that the Naga people had enough bitter experiences in the past like the 16-point agreement signed between the Centre and the Naga Peoples’ Convention, where the Naga Peace Council was used by the Centre for its advantage.

On the current ongoing peace process between the outfit and the Centre, Mr Dilbung said the Centre was targeting the Naga Hoho by offering it statutory status to function in a de facto manner and added that while the two parties were seriously engaged in peace process, the Centre has unilaterally declared its offer ignoring the collective leadership and home front authority of the NSCN (IM).

The NSCN (IM) leader, cautioned the people to remain watchful and defend the national principle for smooth sailing of the peace process, the statement added.

Meanwhile, the Naga National Council (NNC), the parental Naga militant organization, has welcomed the Centre’s proposed peace plan terming it as a goodwill gesture and being honest with the Naga political problem.

The NNC also asked the Centre on what grounds the peace plan was being proposed. "The Nagas should not be sold at the cost of money as had been done in the past," he warned .

NNC secretary general V Nagi said if this was the Centre’s policy to solve the vexed Naga political problem, his organization would not recognize it. Naga Hoho was only an NGO and a social organization, he added.

"Naga problem was a political one and should be solved with political commitment," he said.

The NNC further lauded the Democratic Alliance of Nagaland government for its initiative to unite all sections of the Nagas.

It observed that NGOs should take the initiative to organize a common platform inviting all groups of national workers to sort out the differences in reality and not just on paper.

 No compilation of Naga history without our prior consent: NSF

The Naga Students’ Federation (NSF) said that it would not allow any individual or group to complie Naga history unless the student body’s consent was obtained.

Addressing a press conference, NSF president Achembemo Kikon said nobody would be allowed to carry out any research works on Naga history unless the student body was convinced about their capability.

The decision was taken in the first federal assembly session of the NSF, held recently at Manipur’s Tamenlong district, Mr Kikon informed and added that the decision was taken to avoid any future confrontation among the Nagas.

He said to compile Naga history one must have indepth knowledge about the subject.

Naga history is a complex issue and the NSF would not tolerate any loopholes while compiling it, he added.

The NSF president on construction of a dam at Tamenlong district, the biggest of its kind in the North-East, apprehended that the project would submerge many villages in the district.

The NSF would soon send a delegation to meet Manipur Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh to press him to reconsider the peoposal, Mr Kikong said, adding that development should be more beneficial rather than harmful to the people.

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