The NSCN (IM)’s demand for ‘greater Nagaland meets opposition from a newer front. Seven militant groups active in the North-East join hands to scuttle every move in support of the demand. Disappointed with the demand  for a ‘greater Nagaland’ by the National Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN-IM), several militant outfits of the North-East have  constituted a new  platform – United Liberation Front of Seven Sisters. The new platform was constituted at a meeting of various underground organisations somewhere along the Indo-Myanmar border. The meeting was attended by seven militant groups active in the North-Eastern region. These groups are United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA),  Dima Halong Daugah (DHD), United People’s Democratic Solidarity (UPDS), Arunachal Dregon Force, People’s Liberation Army (PLA) and Revolutionary Democratic Front (RDF). The meeting strongly opposed the demand of the NSCN (IM) and decided to mobilise the other underground groups of the region against the demand of ‘greater Nagaland’.

It may be mentioned here that the NSCN (K) had already  initiated  a move to bring all the insurgent groups of the region under one umbrella to launch a united armed movement to liberate the North-East. ‘The meeting which was attended by self-styled chairman of the banned ULFA Arbinda Rajkhowa and general secretary Chitraban Hazarika advocated to intensify a joint movement to foil the designs of ‘greater Nagaland’ of the NSCN (IM). The fact that the NSCN (K) faction has of late become more active along the Indo-Myanmar border and to take this advantage, other outfits have joined hands with the Khaplang faction.