Nagaland CM, Dy CMs to Leave for Delhi on Nov 18 to Meet Union Home Minister Amit Shah on FNT Issue
First Published: 15th November, 2024 17:12 IST
Earlier, last week, the Nagaland government has submitted its feedback on the draft Memorandum of Settlement -III regarding the proposed FNT/FNTA to the Centre.
Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio, along with Deputy Chief Ministers T R Zeliang and Y Patton, will leave for New Delhi on November 18 to meet with Union Home Minister Amit Shah to discuss the Frontier Nagaland demand, which calls for the creation of a new administrative structure for the eastern Nagaland region.
Responding to a query on when the tripartite talks will begin, Zeliang said, ” We are going to meet Union Home Minister Amit Shah on November 18, after that only we will be able to tell what is possible and what is not.”
Earlier, last week, the Nagaland government has submitted its feedback on the draft Memorandum of Settlement (MoS)-III regarding the proposed FNT/Frontier Nagaland Territorial Authority (FNTA) to the Union Ministry of Home Affairs.
The non- submission of its response to the draft agreement by the state government had forced the Eastern Nagaland People’ s Organisation (ENPO) to clamp October 31 as the deadline with a threat to start a vigorous agitation.
Sources said the Nagaland government in its response did not have any major objection to the draft agreement prepared after rounds of negotiations between the MHA and the ENPO.
Now that the state government has sent in its response, a tripartite meeting will be held soon between the centre, the ENPO and the Nagaland government to finalise the FNT agreement and sign the deal.
The proposed FNT will comprise six districts in eastern Nagaland – Mon, Tuensang, Longleng, Kiphire, Noklak, and Shamator.
There are a total of 20 assembly constituencies in the eastern Nagaland districts which means one third of the legislators in the 60 member Nagaland assembly come from this region. There has been a constant complaint that successive state governments had neglected this area.
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