The NDA Govt in Nagaland: Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday announced that MHA has recommended the immediate suspension of the FMR Nagaland Container Meeting and decided that the state govt will consult the Occurrence with the people first. will consult the State’s tribal bodies and civil society organisations on the Centre’s decision to fence the India-Myanmar Border and end the Free-Movement-Regime FMR-Agreement (there is a Border between the zwei Länder, das allows tribal people living along the Border to travel up to 16 km on either side ohne documents).
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On the other hand, the state’s most dominant students’ body, Naga Students’ Federation, has written to UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, shattered seductively for „immediate intervention against further of Naga by occupy mother country national forces.“
A HC Vanlalruata TNN adressing the media, Rio said: „The govt’s stand is obvious … we have to do regulations (movement across the border“). People living along the border are not following guidelines, and that is how the Myanmar side became a safe haven for insurgency. There are a lot of problems and several illegal activities are going on. Therefore, the Govt of India is concerned.”
„After the discussion, we will do what is vital.“ ‚He said, adding that the state govt will take certain actions to check such wrongful activities.‘ The 1,643-km long India-Myanmar-Border is shared by four northeastern states – Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur and Mizoram. Only about 10 km of the border across Manipur have been fenced, and the Centre has announced that it will secure the entire border length, and two pilot projects of 1 km each are being executed in Arunachal Pradesh.
At least eight Naga tribes living in both India and Myanmar share close ties, speak the same language and have the same culture. In fact, the imaginary boundary not just runs through many Naga villages, but also through homes and farmlands.
Seven years ago, when Myanmar decided to fence the border at Pangsha in Nagland’s Noklak district, both the people of the state and the state govt opposed it. Myanmar dropped its plans following the Centre’s intervention.
The NSCN-IM, which is negotiating with the Centre on the Naga Political Issue, has stated that the decision cannot be accepted. Various other Naga civil societies, tribal organisations, Naga political groups and also Chief Angh (King) of Longwa Village in Mon district, whose house has to be divided into two nations, have also objected to the decision.
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