{"id":99104,"date":"2016-10-31T22:49:38","date_gmt":"2016-10-31T22:49:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/151.106.38.4\/2016\/10\/31\/talks-with-centre-likely-by-march-2017-mulatonu\/"},"modified":"2016-10-31T22:49:38","modified_gmt":"2016-10-31T22:49:38","slug":"talks-with-centre-likely-by-march-2017-mulatonu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/2016\/10\/31\/talks-with-centre-likely-by-march-2017-mulatonu\/","title":{"rendered":"Talks with Centre likely by March 2017: Mulatonu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img src=\/old_site\/><\/p>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Convenor National Political Advisory Council (NPAC) and senior kilonser GPRN\/NSCN Kughalu Mulatonu Monday informed that talks between Government of India (GoI) and GPRN\/NSCN are on the cards and likely to start by March next.<\/span><\/div>\n<div>He was briefing media persons on the sidelines of the ongoing Ato Area Sports Association sports meet at Kehoi Village where he was the chief guest in the opening ceremony. The NPAC convenor informed that top leaders of the GPRN\/NSCN were in Delhi lobbying for formal talks between the two entities adding that till such time the GPRN\/NSCN will be doing their homework in consultation with all stakeholders.<\/div>\n<div>During the briefing, Mulatonu dwelled on various issues pertaining to recent development of the Naga political issue and the framework agreement signed between NSCN (I-M) and GoI in August last.<\/div>\n<div>Mulatonu along with NPAC members said that the GPRN\/NSCN NPAC had held at least 18 rounds of meetings with civil societies, NGOs, tribal bodies\/hohos with all the \u201ctribes of Nagaland\u201d (indigenous) including Gorkhas.<\/div>\n<div>On the reason behind the existence of NPAC, Mulatonu maintained GPRN\/NSCN was \u201ccompelled\u201d to find solution for the \u201cNagas of Nagaland.\u201d<\/div>\n<div>He explained how NSCN (K) has confined its political ambition to Myanmar, NSCN (I-M) to Manipur, thereby necessitating the existence of NPAC to represent the aspirations of the Nagas of Nagaland.<\/div>\n<div>He also dismissed the August 3 framework agreement with the contention that the agreement has nothing for the Nagas of Nagaland. \u201cWe will not restrict anybody but we will not allow any \u2018stranger\u2019 to decide the fate of Nagas of Nagaland when we are there,\u201d Mulatonu asserted adding there was no dearth of capable \u201csons of the soil.\u201d<\/div>\n<div>When asked about the objective of the GPRN\/NSCN when it sits with GoI, the kilonser stated \u201csovereignty\u201d will be the basis as that has always been the demand of the Nagas.<\/div>\n<div>\u201cHundreds of talks in last twenty years between the NSCN I-M have miserably failed and the losses are at the expense of the son of the soils ie Nagas of Nagaland,\u201d rued one NPAC member while asserting that the GPRN\/NSCN will consult every stakeholder in a \u201ctransparent\u201d manner prior to talks. &nbsp;\u201cThe talks will be based on Sovereignty and the opinion\/voice of the stakeholders ie the \u2018Nagas of Nagaland\u2019 will play a vital role to determine our fate,\u201d added one member.<\/div>\n<div>\u201cWe are not against the Naga Nationalism but won\u2019t compromise the rights of the Nagas of Nagaland; depriving our rights and knocking the doors of integration makes no sense at all,\u201d maintained the NPAC leaders.<\/div>\n<div>Meanwhile, the members informed that talks with the NTC, CNTC and ENPO will be held soon. The NPAC convenor was accompanied by kilonser chaplee Bohoto Kiba, co-convenor NPAC N. Metha, &nbsp;NPAC members Jungshiwati, Yimto Yimchunger, Kehangulie Angami, Vedetta Chakesang, Hozhei, R.M. Lotha, kilonser Akaho Yeptho, kilonser law and justice Hokato Vusshe, dy. kilonser Thongtong Yimchunger, \u2018col.\u2019 Kiyehe, and dy. kilonser (defence) Nillo Sheyipu.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Convenor National Political Advisory Council (NPAC) and senior kilonser GPRN\/NSCN Kughalu Mulatonu Monday informed that talks between Government of India (GoI) and GPRN\/NSCN are on the cards and likely to start by March next. He was briefing media persons on the sidelines of the ongoing Ato Area Sports Association sports meet at Kehoi Village where [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[679],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-99104","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nagaland-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99104","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=99104"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99104\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99104"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=99104"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=99104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}