No much forward movement but Govt of India remains 'optimistic' of an early solution
New Delhi
There is no much forward movement at the Naga peace talks even as the Core Committee of Nagaland legislators and Ministers led by Chief Minister Neiphiu Rioon Tuesday had important parleys with centre's new peace emissary A K Mishra and also NNPG leaders.
Persuasive skills are being applies and pressures being built up with all concerned players, one source merely said.
The four Member team comprising CM Rio, Deputy CM Y Patton, UDA Chairman,T R Zelang and co Chairman Kuzholuzo Azo Nienu is likely to meet Union Home Minister Amit Shah in a day or two.
The NNPG delegation at the meeting with the Core Committee was led by Convener N Kitovi Zhimomi .
The 'limitations' of the core committee in the peace talks came to the fore perhaps once more.
According to sources, while there is no let up yet from the NSCN (IM) side on the twin issues of Flag and Constitution, the Government of India is firm about its inability to reconsider these two demands.
"There is no forward movement in the sense many would presume, but there have been some movements.
The Government of India remains optimistic about an early solution," a source told 'Nagaland Page'.
Sources pointed out that right from the beginning in September 2021, new peace emissary A K Mishra had
made it clear that he had "no new issues to discuss or offer".
"His job was to wind up the discussions that remained inconclusive or concluded as in October 2019. So nothing
has changed on ground," the source maintained.
The Core Committee is likely to interact with NSCN (IM) leaders back in Nagaland. A 10-member NSCN (IM)
delegation had met Mishra for two crucial rounds last week in Delhi wherein reportedly the Centre's stand on Flag
and Constitution was reiterated.
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"Bhal paisey ... or bhal paya nae" - The 'Modi factor' in Naga talks
New Delhi
All eyes are on how things would unfold vis-a-vis the Naga peace talks and future politics in the next few days.
But everyone round the corner also feel, it is possible Prime Minister Narendra Modi will 'deliver' something.
Some go into deeper analysis. - If any Prime Minister can really deliver on Naga peace talks and Solution; it will be a man called Narendra Modi !
His gutsy style of politics and conduct often appear similar to that of Nagas. Veteran S C Jamir told me in November 2021, "I have seen so many Prime Ministers but as Prime Minister, he (Narendra Modi) has guts".
The flamboyant style of politics of Modi often could be compared with the manner Naga leaders like Vamuzo or S C Jamir functioned. Vamuzo had obliged students when he introduced new superannuation ordinance - 57 years of age or 33 service whichever is earlier.
Jamir had 'extended' the provisions of Disturbed Area Act in 1994 and many thought that was the last nail in the coffin, but Jamir actually survived.
Nagas are the most humble and most furious at the same time depending on the situation. Many people say almost similar things about Narendra Modi.
It’s altogether a different chapter and perhaps also ironic that a headhunting community is “so emotional” that they base most of their actions on emotion called FEELING.
"Bhal paisey ... or bhal paya nae (Either we like or do not like it)" - actually makes a lot of difference about Nagas and how Nagas think about.
So does Modi; at least some actions of his past as well as present suggest !
Please note the manner the Modi government has conducted itself in deciding India's policy on the Ukraine-Russia
war. The balancing tight-rope walk is a tough job by any measure and more so for a regime which also
claims to be one of the most 'US-friendly' dispensations in Delhi.
India is a member of four-member Quad group and all three others the US, Japan and Australia have gone
against New Delhi's stance.
Observers can also recollect the manner Modi had inducted Suresh Prabhu into the BJP first in 2014
and then into his cabinet. The Shiv Sena had declined to nominate Prabhu in union ministry in 2014, but the Prime Minister
thought he should have him in the cabinet - by hook or crook, as they put it.
Nagas also believe in such functioning styles at times.
Interesting? Or a boring argument? The choice is yours.
But, mind you when I am trying to draw such a comparison, I am not bordering my thought process – on the
question of right or wrong.
Yes, Nagas too have been ‘wrong’ at times and committed mistakes and so did Narendra
Modi.
But they have been ‘right’ also and have played their corrective cards well.
A quick checklist on a few similarities and dissimilarities:
- The history of Nagas actually represents the larger history of insurgency in the northeast.
The story of Narendra Modi represents the history of Gujarat from 2002 and the story of India
since 2014. A few gutsy moves - anti-Triple Talaq laws, Ram temple and Article 370.
Surgical strikes against Pakistan were other instances.
Did people imagine these even on May 25, 2014 - a day before Modi was sworn in as the Prime Minister ?
Notwithstanding tough situations they have crossed, the Nagas also have a tendency to believe that they are
destined to ‘succeed’.
Here too a similar situation can be suggested about Modi who despite 2002 and international press and countries
hounding had remained firm and stuck to his guns and has today changed the game !
Losing is one way of learning how to win, and who can tell that better than Nagas or Modi himself.
I also want to stress that the ‘Naga-succeeds’ phrase would also apply to the
development front. .
Individual Nagas have achieved so much since 1947 and 1963 statehood - that senior political
leaders believe that the kind of development Nagaland has seen, the feats achieved by many Nagas
could not be imagined by their forefathers.
But there are concerns today - and rightly so - about political polarization in Nagaland between Solution at
'any cost' or allowing the status quo in an surcharged and uncertain political environment.
Those who are in hurry that a Solution pact is inked at the earliest do not hesitate to complain that the erstwhile Manmohan Singh regime's 'indecisiveness' as a syndrome has caught a section of the Modi government too.
Why delay the process so long especially since Oct 31, 2019 if there is no talking point ?
Some answers are kept hidden only in the womb of time.
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