[The peace accord, following the initial ballyhoo, has been termed as a "framework agreement"; and the details of even the "framework" have not yet been disclosed. This aspect needs be kept in mind before rushing to any premature conclusion. That the NSCN (K) remains out of the loop is another vital issue.]
I/III. http://blogs.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/toi-edit-page/from-shillong-to-delhi-muivah-came-full-circle-as-he-signed-naga-peace-accord/ >From Shillong to Delhi, Muivah came full circle as he signed Naga peace accord August 6, 2015, 12:08 AM IST Siddhartha Sarma in TOI Edit Page Landmarks in Naga political history are measured not so much by the official record as by the personal reactions of leaders of men. In November 1975, when the Shillong Accord was signed between the Indian government and the rebel leadership, Thuingaleng Muivah, then 41, and Isak Chisi Swu, 45, were on their way home with a fresh batch of trained cadre from southern China, and heard the news somewhere in the forbidding terrain that marks the border between Kachin and Konyak Naga lands in northwestern Myanmar. In later years, in private conversation, both leaders would mention how livid they were at what they saw as a fatal weakness in the rebel leadership: an acceptance of the Indian Constitution, for one, and a separate agreement on Naga claims in Manipur. Muivah and Swu, and their other comrade-in-arms, S S Khaplang, never forgave Angami Zapu Phizo, the father of the Naga movement, for the Shillong Accord. The Indian state, never a likeable player when dealing with its “misguided children” in the best of times, has seldom been as reliant on brute force as it was in the winter of 1975, during the Emergency. But the Shillong Accord paved the way for a fracturing of the Naga leadership, and those who opposed peace were the hardest of hardliners. Five years later, Muivah, Swu and Khaplang formed the NSCN. In 1988, they split further and Khaplang went his own way, swearing never to weaken as Phizo allegedly had. The Shillong Accord was inked at a time when the Naga leadership was united and had unrivalled control over the hearts of its people. That is no longer the case today. Phizo is long dead, and his organisation, the Naga National Council (NNC), a shadow of what it once was. The hohos, councils of elders, are a house divided. The two NSCNs have to deal with their own wayward flock, and not a single one of them can command the respect that Phizo did in the 1950s and 60s. History, therefore, came full circle for Muivah this Monday as he stood next to the prime minister and said that the Nagas would prove to be, in his words “trustworthy”. Any claims that the deal would end violence in Nagaland are inaccurate – the treaty does not cover the violent internal discord between Naga factions in the past 27 years. The recent attack on the Indian army was not by Muivah’s faction, but by Khaplang’s, and that gentleman is based in Myanmar. The source of his power extends across the border to Indian Konyak Nagas, particularly in Nagaland’s Mon district. Khaplang abrogated his group’s ceasefire with the Indian government earlier this year and has thrown his lot in with the United Liberation Front of Western Southeast Asia (UNLFWSEA). It is unlikely that this new umbrella group will be kindly disposed to Muivah’s new deal, nor will it stay any operations it undertakes, whether in Indian territory or in Myanmar. Muivah and Swu, and their other comrade-in-arms, SS Khaplang, never forgave Angami Zapu Phizo, the father of the Naga movement, for the Shillong Accord II/III. http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/nagaland-peace-pact-only-a-framework-agreement-not-different-from-2011-joint-statement/articleshow/48351855.cms Nagaland peace pact: 'Only a framework agreement, not different from 2011 joint statement' By Aman Sharma, ET Bureau | 5 Aug, 2015, 04.00AM IST NEW DELHI: A day after the Modi government claimed that it had signed a "historic peace accord" with the NSCN and "concluded the dialogue" on the Naga political issue, it emerges that only a 'framework agreement' has been signed whose contours, which are intriguingly still not in public domain, are believed to be not largely different from a joint statement issued by both the sides in 2011. Government sources told ET that no cabinet or parliamentary approval has been taken for an 'accord' and dialogue with NSCN (IM) and other Naga groups will in fact continue to hammer out a final solution within the next four months. These sources added that government was willing for more devolution of powers to Nagaland legislature under article 371A of the Indian Constitution as part of the government's effort to help Nagas achieve "cultural integration" and have greater say in how they are to be governed. The sources added that Nagas had signed a 'statement of intent' that Indian constitution was supreme and government was unwilling to redraw any state boundaries. "Sovereignty lies with people, not governments. Nagas have as much right over India as India has over Nagaland," a source said on possible contours of the framework agreement. However, senior MHA officials expressed ignorance of the agreement's contents. Former Home Secretary GK Pillai told ET that if the framework agreement was so, it was "essentially similar" to what the two sides had in-principle agreed in 2011 when RS Pandey, then government interlocutor and NSCN (IM) General Secretary T Muivah, had issued a joint statement. "I was Home Secretary then. The NSCN had then agreed to no re-drawing of state boundaries but more autonomy. So yesterday's event was perhaps part optics and partly to send a message that talks were going on fine despite NSCN (K) ending the ceasefire. [Box] This seems only a framework agreement and much more work is still to be done," Pillai told ET. Pandey also admitted that "core issues had been agreed earlier also" but "the contours did not emerge as UPA was not decisive enough to make it really happen." Pandey, now a BJP member, added that boundaries of northeastern states are not expected to be redrawn as "the government cannot afford to do so in the circumstances we are placed in and NSCN seems to have accepted this position of the government too." "Now meeting of minds on contours is there," Pandey told ET. The present government interlocutor RN Ravi, who signed the agreement said in an interview to Nagaland Post that the same was signed in view of the request made by NSCN (IM) chairman Isak Chishi Swu, who wanted an agreement signed between the two entities in his lifetime. Swu is presently in a hospital in failing health. Pillai told ET added that resettlement of the armed cadre of NSCNIM was a major assignment as government had earlier proposed to form some battalions of these cadre, observe them and absorb them as Nagaland Police Battalions or in one of the paramilitary forces. Government sources meanwhile explained that the framework agreement was not signed after consultation with only NSCN (IM) but other stakeholders were also indulged as the government did no want to repeat the 1975 Shillong accord after which Isak Swu, Muivah and Khaplang broke away to form NSCN (IM). "This is an in-principle agreement and micro details are still to be worked out over next 4 months," the source said, admitting that unlike previous occasions, the exercise was coordinated entirely by the PMO. III. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Sonia-hits-out-at-Centre-over-Naga-peace-deal-says-arrogant-Modi-govt-ignored-Congress-CMs-of-northeast/articleshow/48370770.cms Sonia hits out at Centre over Naga peace deal, says 'arrogant' Modi govt ignored Congress CMs of northeast TNN | Aug 6, 2015, 10.57 AM IST NEW DELHI: Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Thursday called Modi government 'arrogant' for ignoring Congress chief ministers before signing the Naga peace deal and accused the government of insulting the people of northeast. "The accord may be historic, but the chief ministers of the state that would be directly affected were not consulted. Doesn't this show the arrogance of the government," Sonia told reporters. "This government keeps on saying that it will take all the chief ministers together. But this step shows that the government is arrogant. It is an insult to the chief ministers and the people of the state," Sonia said. "We're actually shocked,that PM didn't even think of taking into confidence our CMs. He did not even think of taking into confidence our Manipur CM, Assam CM, Arunachal Pradesh CM who are directly affected," Sonia Gandhi said hitting out at PM Narendra Modi. READ ALSO: Modi govt signs historic peace accord with Nagaland's NSCN(I-M) Rahul Gandhi also attacked PM Modi over the deal and said the voice of three states - Manipur, Assam and Arunachal is being suppressed. On Monday, the government signed a historic peace accord with Nagaland's insurgent group Nationalist Socialist Council of Nagaland (Isak-Muivah). This was announced at an event at 7 Race Course Road in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, home minister Rajnath Singh, other government officials and NSCN(I-M) chief Thuingaleng Muivah along with other leaders of the group. 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