Nagaland Governor Prof. Jagdish Mukhi, in his maiden address to the 11th session of the 13th Nagaland Legislative Assembly on Friday, did not deviate from past speeches and stuck to expected lines especially with regard to the Naga political issue. The Governor exuded optimism that the long-awaited resolution to the Naga political issue would materialize soon and will usher in a \u201cnew era of peace and prosperity\u201d in Nagaland. It should be noted that the \u201clong awaited\u201d solution has defied expectations even after more than 20 years of negotiations between the stakeholders and the government of India\u2019s interlocutor. The speech of former Governor R.N. Ravi had unexpectedly deviated from the expected line when he told the house on February 12,2021 that all formal negotiations with the stakeholders-NSCN (I-M) and WC, NNPGs- had concluded on October 31,2019. Ravi went on to say that since all formal talks have ended, it was time to push towards finalization of the agreement that sought to be a one solution for one political issue. If, on the other hand, the regional parties-NDPP and NPF- still believe that talks have not ended, then someone is lying. If the regional parties have proof or belief that talk are yet to be concluded, then perhaps the government of India\u2019s representative (not interlocutor) A.K. Mishra should be kind enough to tell the state government and in particular the United Democratic Alliance (UDA) which has the NDPP, NPF and BJP as constituents. The UDA came together to form an all-party and opposition-less government to further solution of the Naga political issue by playing their role as \u201cfacilitators\u201d. Of course, without coming together, it does not mean there cannot be any solution since neither the government and legislators are part of the negotiating team or consulted at all. Furthermore, irrespective of whether ruling or opposition or whatever ideology, all political parties in Nagaland have been consistent with their stand over solution to the Naga political issue. According resolutions to this effect have been adopted by the assembly on several occasions in the past. This is one of the pre-conditions made prior to hold formal talks. The cry for peace and solution are phrases that has been used too often and too many times in the past even before signing of the cease fire in 1997. The governor\u2019s assertion that the UDA had made every endeavor as facilitator in the peace process so that all negotiating parties were \u201cable to appreciate each other\u2019s position\u201d and arrive at a solution that was \u201chonourable, acceptable and inclusive\u201d to all said much but literally meant little. It was the same language repeated umpteen times. The appeal to negotiating parties to come together to heed the call of the people and come together and work for the common goal of solution, also literally said everything for everybody but that was the same call or appeal made prior to and after signing of the Framework Agreement (2015) and Agreed Position (2017). These agreements are essentially the broad based guidelines for eventual settlement. Since these have been signed years ago, there is no reason for further delay in inking and operationalising these agreements into one broad solution. In all these years after signing of these agreements and also the prime minister Narendra Modi\u2019s utmost desire to end the chapter of conflict in Nagaland and the region; the role of the state government comes here is to bring clarity on the issue and explain to people the status. Instead, the government has been forming legislators\u2019 forum, core committee etc. There is hardly any need to put up a sideshow when the people are fed up with the inordinate delay. The people have spoken on all occasions and their voice is supposed not only to be heard but is supreme.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Nagaland Governor Prof. Jagdish Mukhi, in his maiden address to the 11th session of the 13th Nagaland Legislative Assembly on Friday, did not deviate from past speeches and stuck to expected lines especially with regard to the Naga political issue. The Governor exuded optimism that the long-awaited resolution to the Naga political issue would materialize […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[685],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-257340","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-editorial"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257340","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=257340"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257340\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=257340"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=257340"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=257340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}