A.K. Mishra on mission for resolving Naga, ENPO issues

The government of India is making a renewed push to secure long awaited solution to the Naga political issue including a road map for resolving Eastern Nagaland People’s Organisation (ENPO) demand for ‘Frontier Nagaland’.
Government of India representative for Naga talks, AK Mishra will arrive Dimapur on April 12 and head to Police complex Chümoukedima where he is scheduled to hold talks with NSCN (I-M) members on April 13.
Mishra is also likely to meet other Naga groups and members of the civil society organizations during his stay.
Sources also said that the NSCN (I-M) delegation will be led by its ato kilonser and chief negotiator Th. Muivah.
As reported earlier, a Central team was working on a new set of ‘formulation papers’ which would include both new and old set of offers so as to facilitate inking of a final peace pact at the earliest.
The Centre’s stand is that demand for flag and constitution could be agreed post-solution within some parameters– Naga flag for Pan Naga cultural body and to term the final agreement as Naga “Yehzabo”.
However, NSCN (I-M) was firm to stand by the August 3, 2015 Framework Agreement for an early, honourable and acceptable solution to the vexed Naga political issue.
MHA panel-ENPO meet
The three-member Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) constituted panel headed by advisor (North East) AK Mishra and Eastern Nagaland People’s Organization (ENPO) delegation held another round of meeting at Guwahati on Tuesday vis-à-vis ‘Frontier Nagaland’ demand.
Highly placed sources informed Nagaland Post that Tuesday’s meeting remained inconclusive.
Sources also said that the MHA officials had categorically reminded the ENPO delegation that there was no question of bifurcating Nagaland to carve out ‘Frontier Nagaland’ out of six districts of the State.
Even as both the Centre and ENPO had mutually agreed to work out a “new arrangement” for Eastern Nagaland– ‘Frontier Naga Territory’, both sides were yet to sign the Memorandum of Understanding/Settlement.
Sources said that there were some issues that needed to be resolved, which has delayed the signing of the MoU/MoS.
Since the meeting was inconclusive, sources said that another round of meeting has been scheduled for next week.