The All Naga Students’ Association, Manipur (ANSAM), in its second Presidential Council meeting held at Konsakhul Village, has reaffirmed its steadfast support for the Indo-Naga peace process. The meeting, hosted by Liangmai Naga Katimai Ruangdi, Manipur (LNKR-M), reiterated the association’s commitment to a “logical conclusion” of the peace talks in line with the August 3, 2015 Framework Agreement.
In a statement issued following the meeting, ANSAM emphasized the necessity of recognizing the Naga national flag and constitution as integral to the negotiated settlement. The association urged the Government of India (GoI) to approach the issue with “political will and magnanimity” and to abandon what it termed a “double standard approach” to resolve the “longest political issue in the Southeast Asia.” ANSAM also extended solidarity to all Naga political prisoners in Indian and Myanmar jails and demanded their unconditional release as a confidence-building measure.
The council strongly opposed the abrogation of the Free Movement Regime (FMR) and the imposition of border fencing in Naga areas, claiming it divides people with deep-rooted socio-economic and familial ties. ANSAM announced it would pursue democratic means to demand the restoration of the FMR and halt the border fencing.
“The Association while asserting its position of staunch opposition to scrapping of FMR and border fencing, once again implore on GoI to sincerely engage in the negotiating table to resolve the protracted Indo-Naga political issue,” ANSAM said in the statement.
The Presidential Council Meeting, after thorough deliberation on the incidents and “provocative intrusion happening in and around Naga areas,” unanimously reaffirmed its firm resolve to safeguard the ancestral Naga land and its people. The council asserted that it will take all necessary measures to protect the territory from any form of aggression.
Addressing recent tensions, ANSAM expressed serious concern over the April 5 incident “wherein the Konsakhul village Chief, Chairman, Pastor, and several villagers were inhumanely assaulted by the aggressive villagers from L. Phaijang village, Munlai Village, Haraothel Village, and kuki militants disguised as civilians on April 5, 2025 with hundreds of assailants without any compunction.”
The council further reaffirmed its determination to protect ancestral Naga lands and warned against any attempts to divide or alienate the Naga homeland. “The understanding and silence of the Naga people should not be misconstrued as weakness,” the statement read, asserting that ANSAM would not remain a “mute spectator.”
ANSAM concluded by cautioning that any further bifurcation of Naga homeland would not allowed under any circumstances.
