“The territorial integrity and sovereignty of the Union of India is supreme,” RN Ravi stated.
New Delhi:
RN Ravi, the Nagaland Governor and the centre’s interlocutor for the Naga talks, on Monday, categorically stated the central authorities is “completely clear” that there shall be just one nationwide flag and one structure within the nation. The strongly-worded assertion comes at a time when the armed Naga group NSCN (IM) is sticking to its demand of a separate Naga flag and structure as a part of a peace deal.
“The territorial integrity and sovereignty of the Union of India is supreme. The Authorities of India has by no means ever talked, a lot much less negotiated with anybody on the territorial integrity and sovereignty of the nation. Any misadventure to disintegrate this nice nation shall not be tolerated,” Mr Ravi stated in his handle on the 58th anniversary of the state’s formation.
“The Authorities of India is completely clear that there’s and there shall be just one Nationwide Flag and Structure in India. Anybody speaking something opposite is peddling preposterous lies,” he added.
Mr Ravi added that the Central authorities has already recognised “the distinctiveness of the Nagas”. He stated {that a} “frequent understanding” had been reached between the Centre and the Naga rebels on October 31, 2019, however some folks have been standing as a roadblock to the aspirations of individuals of Nagaland.
“I urge these folks to see the writings on the wall, to come back out of their make-believe echo-chamber and take heed to the voice of the folks and in a real democratic spirit respect their needs,” he stated.
The Modi authorities, ever because it got here to energy in 2014, had been engaged in talks with the armed Naga group to barter a peace deal. It had signed a framework settlement with the rebels in 2015, which was referred to as a historic step towards resolving the many years previous drawback.
The peace talks, nonetheless, hit a roadblock because the rebels final 12 months hardened their stance on their controversial demand of a separate Naga flag and structure. They’d additionally demanded elimination of RN Ravi because the interlocuter.
NSCN (IM), in the meantime, claimed that the 16-points settlement chargeable for the creation of Nagaland because the sixteenth state of India didn’t have the help of the Naga folks.
“For the Nagas the creation of Nagaland state because of manipulation and treachery has been recorded as an act of insult to the liberty fighters particularly and to the Naga folks typically,” it stated on Monday.
Final month, the House Ministry directed the paramilitary Assam Rifles to launch operations in opposition to NSCN(IM) in states neighbouring Nagaland that aren’t below the ambit of the ceasefire settlement.
Reacting to this, the rebel group had accused the Centre of being “insincere” in its efforts to discover a everlasting resolution to the seven-decade-old battle and cautioned in opposition to testing its persistence.
