A three-member team from the Ministry of Home Affairs reached Nagaland’s Tuensang on 16 December to study the demand for the separate state ‘Frontier Nagaland’.
During its two-day visit, the team is planned to meet members of several tribal, student, and social organisations. These organisations are affliated to the Eastern Nagaland People’s Organisation (ENPO), which is made up of seven Naga tribes that dominate six of the state’s 16 districts.
“The MHA team held a meeting with local organisations today (Friday). Two more are scheduled on Saturday,” The Hindu has reported quoting ENPO secretary W. Manwang Konyak.
Apart from traditional tribal organisations and those of village chiefs, the MHA team is scheduled to meet the administrative and police officers of the districts in the Eastern Nagaland.
Earlier, in August, the ENPO threatened to boycott the 2023 Assembly elections in Nagaland if its demand for the bifurcation of the state was not fulfilled.
“If the Centre fails to respond to our appeal, we shall ask all our 20 elected representatives (MLAs) to resign,” the ENPO had said in a statement.
Previously, on 6 December, an 11-member delegation team of EMPO met Union Home Minister Amit Shah in New Delhi to seek separate statehood for ‘Frontier Nagaland’.
“Hon’ble Union Home Minister highlighted a clear road-map for AMICABLE, LEGISLATIVE AND SUSTAINABLE SOLUTION for Eastern Nagaland which includes consultation with the people of Eastern Nagaland and Nagaland State Government,” the ENPO had said in the press release.
