Ex-Parliamentarian Association of Nagaland calls for immediate solution to Naga issue

With the negotiations between government of India and the Naga Political Groups in its 25th year, Ex-Parliamentarian Association of Nagaland (Ex-PAN) maintained that the investment of 25 years on the political negotiations was more than enough for Nagas to have its logical end.
Among several resolutions adopted during its executive committee meeting held on June 4 at Dimapur, Ex-PAN president Joshua Sumi and general secretary Supongmeren Jamir said that the house called for an immediate solution to the protracted Naga political issue, which must be solely determined by the outcomes of dialogues between the Government of India and the Naga negotiator.
Therefore, Ex-PAN said it upheld the negotiations which concluded on October 31, 2019 between the Centre and the Naga negotiators. “The Govt. of India must give the alter call at the earliest so that the Naga political solution becomes a reality,” Ex-PAN stated. Ex-PAN asked the facilitators including the Core Committee of Naga Political Issue (CCoNPI) to be cautious enough either for “over indulgence or under indulgence in respective facilitations”, particularly unwarranted and irresponsible comments tending to mislead the general public in the media.
Further stating that if at all the government of India was to use the service of Asam chief minister in the “business of mediation”, Ex-PAN said “we may have to unavoidably accept him, if otherwise the involvement of the Assam chief minister in the political negotiation at the behest of the CCoNPI is uncalled for.”
It reminded that Naga political issue was not an issue of law and order nor can the CCoNPI undermine it.
The house also pointed out that the Naga negotiators entered into the political negotiations with government of India “on their own volition with the objective of resolving the issues existing between the negotiators”. The house, therefore, urged upon the Naga negotiators in particular “to be practical and realistic rather than rhetoric in persuasions”.
Ex-PAN said that the indefinite negotiations were too exploitive and detrimental to the welfare of the general public and therefore unacceptable.