Nagaland People's Action Committee calls for statewide bandh on January 14

The Nagaland People's Action Committee (NPAC) has called for a statewide bandh demanding Naga political solution and not the election.

Further, the NPAC has requested ENPO to support the bandh, however, no confirmation for participation from ENPO yet.

The Nagaland People's Action Committee (NPAC) held a meeting on 12th January 2023 which was attended by several Tribal bodies and civil organisations unanimously resolved to call for a statewide bandh on 14th January from 6 am to 12 noon expressing resentment over the inordinate delay in delivering the long-awaited Naga political solution as promised by GoI. 

On the other hand, on January 10, Fifteen tribal hohos (bodies) of Nagaland reiterated their appeal to the government of India to seriously and sincerely bring about an honourable and acceptable solution to the protracted Indo-Naga issue before the assembly elections in the state and without further delay.

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Stressing that solution to the issue is due, the 15 tribal bodies, in a release issued by their media bureau, on January 10 urged the Centre not to hoodwink the innocent Nagas with another “sugar-coated slogan or phases”. 

They sought to point out that before the 2018 assembly polls in Nagaland, the Naga people wanted a “solution not election” but the “sugar-coated” phrase "election for solution" of the ruling BJP government had swayed the innocent Nagas then, which now an “inkling of deception and distrust”.

“Therefore, the government of India should seriously look into this very matter without further delay and as such, bring about ‘solution before election’ if it is serious and diligent enough to solve this protracted issue,” the release said.

The tribal bodies said they are once again compelled to issue this press release that reflects the sincere desire of the Naga people for an early solution.

They also pointed out that they had met all the interlocutors for the Naga talks and even apprised Prime Minister Narendra Modi through a representation on July 24, 2021, of an early acceptable solution which is and was the utmost desire of all the Naga people.