Nagas in Arunachal warned not to attend meet convened allegedly by NSCN-IM

Deomali (Arunachal) 5 August 2018:

The “Eastern Naga National Government” (ENNG) has threatened the people of Tirap, Changlang and Longdin districts not to attend a meeting allegedly convened by insurgent group National Socialist Council of Nagalim (NSCN-IM) on August 9 at Deomali.

The ENNG said the meeting was convened to seek the support of people for the integration of Naga-inhabited areas towards resolving the Naga political issue.

Earlier, the Arunachal Naga Students’ Federation sent invites to ministers, MLAs besides leaders of groups and organisations of Tirap, Changlang and Longding to attend the meeting.

The ENNG said the “integration” demand of the NSCN-IM has nothing to do with Arunachal.

“That has nothing to do with the people of Arunachal Nagas. It is crystal clear from Government of India that they (NSCN-IM) accepted the Constitution of India to remain under the Article 371 (A) and existing Nagaland,” the ENNG said in a statement.

It alleged that ever since the “infiltration” of NSCN-IM into Arunachal Naga areas in 2002, “our people have suffered a lot due to their atrocities. The Nagas living in Tirap, Changlang and Longding districts are fed up with their anti-social activities and they are having zero tolerance now”.