Following the NSCN-IM’s threat to go back to “armed resistance”, according to PTI, sources told that the Nagaland Cabinet has decided to meet both negotiating parties at the earliest.
A delegation of Nagaland Cabinet led by Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio and his Deputies TR Zeliang and Y Patton are scheduled to leave for Delhi on Monday (November 18, 2024) to meet Union Home Minister Amit Shah to press for expediting the Naga political negotiations, the sources said.
However, sources said that their meeting with both Centre and NSCN-IM leadership has not been scheduled.
It was also reported that the State Cabinet would also apprise the Union Home minister about the decision of the September 12 consultative meeting of the state government with Naga tribal bodies and civil societies seeking appointment of a proper interlocutor and also to elevate the ongoing Naga political dialogue to ministerial level.
“The House appealed to the Government of India (GoI) to elevate the ongoing dialogue and peace process to the highest political level by appointing an interlocutor of political level or ministerial level, who has the confidence and mandate of the government,” the meeting had resolved.