ENNWA welcomes Assembly’s stand on FNTA

DIMAPUR, JUL 8 (NPN): Eastern Naga National Workers Association (ENNWA) has welcomed the Nagaland Legislative Assembly’s decision taken at its emergency meeting to support legislative, executive and financial autonomy under the Frontier Nagaland Territorial Authority (FNTA).
In a press note, ENNWA through its media cell in-charge and kilonser Tsatrichem, thanked the Assembly under the leadership of chief minister Dr. Neiphiu Rio for what it described as a positive step towards ensuring equal growth for Eastern Nagaland with the rest of the state.
It said the decision had restored the hopes of the people and had not failed either the Central government or the people of Eastern Nagaland.
The association also expressed confidence that the proposed visit of the Nagaland Assembly delegation to New Delhi for consultations with the Union home minister and other authorities would clear the “cloud of confusion and suspicion” that had persisted between the state government and the Eastern Nagaland People’s Organisation (ENPO) even after the signing of the Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) on February 5, 2026.
Eastern Naga National Workers Association said that it had remained a silent observer but was disturbed by what it described as the stand taken by some members of Eastern Nagaland Legislators’ Union (ENLU), alleging that they opposed the provision of legislative powers under FNTA.
It alleged that instead of speaking for the rights of the people of Eastern Nagaland, those members had acted selfishly. The association described them as “destructive forces, senseless and irresponsible”, and questioned how they could claim to represent the people of Eastern Nagaland.
The association further said that the proposed delegation to Delhi on the Nagaland Assembly’s decision regarding the constitution of the FNTA should not include what it described as “negative and selfish” ENLU members, alleging that they would jeopardise the Assembly’s decision instead of advocating for the rights of Eastern Nagaland and its people.
It said such ENLU members should be ashamed of themselves as representatives of the people. However, it clarified that it was not blaming all ENLU members, but only a few whom it described as “black sheep” lacking clarity and being ignorant of the fragile situation in the region, and urged all ENLU members to choose the common interest of the people.
ENNWA also expressed hope that all ENLU members would choose to work for the common interest of Eastern Nagaland and prayed that God would guide the chief minister-led delegation during its visit to New Delhi.