Peace talks with Naga groups resume today

New Delhi, August 10

Notwithstanding the complaints made to the Prime Minister by a few civil society groups, Nagaland Governor and Centre’s interlocutor RN Ravi is set to arrive here tomorrow to take forward negotiations with the NSCN (IM) and NNPGs (Naga National Political Groups) leadership. The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) has set a September deadline to conclude the process.

Sources said complaints by fringe Naga groups were made only to derail the peace process, as insurgency in Nagaland serves their economic purposes, of which Ravi has taken a “stern view” and measures had been taken to curb insurgent groups’ practice of collecting “extra-constitutional levies” from business entities in the state.

The sources said the Governor was coming to the national capital to resume negotiations in view of the health issues being faced by 86-year-old NSCN (IM) general secretary Thuingaleng Muivah, who is undergoing treatment at a hospital in New Delhi. — TNS