Centre should show 'sincerity' in resolving Naga issue: Nagaland CM Neiphiu Rio
New Delhi, May 6 (TEN): Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio today blamed the Centre for the ongoing clashes between Naga rebel groups and said the government should show its "sincerity" in resolving the six-decades-old insurgency problem in the northeast.
"Definitely, the delay (in talks between NSCN-IM and Centre) is the cause of all the problems. It is getting multiplied. We want to see the sincerity of the government of India and the underground groups to resolve it," Rio told PTI after meeting Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil here.
Rio said he apprised Patil about the law and order situation in Nagaland and the recent clashes between rebel factions.
From Dimapur, which witnessed a series of armed clashes in the recent past, the turf war between NSCN-IM and NSCN- Unification has now spread to other parts of Nagaland.
Two activists of the newly formed group NSCN-Unification were killed near a forest range office at Merapani in Woka while two youths, including one NSCN-IM cadre, were shot dead and another was critically injured in two separate shooting incidents in Dimapur town yesterday.
Rio said he had asked the Home Ministry whether the new group called NSCN-Unification had been in touch with it and sought direction in dealing with the situation.
"The Home Ministry would be giving certain directions," he said, adding the state government got "sandwiched in between".
Asked whether he had requested Patil to provide additional forces to deal with the clashes, Rio said "When it is required, we will ask for forces. There is no immediate demand for more force." PTI
"Definitely, the delay (in talks between NSCN-IM and Centre) is the cause of all the problems. It is getting multiplied. We want to see the sincerity of the government of India and the underground groups to resolve it," Rio told PTI after meeting Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil here.
Rio said he apprised Patil about the law and order situation in Nagaland and the recent clashes between rebel factions.
From Dimapur, which witnessed a series of armed clashes in the recent past, the turf war between NSCN-IM and NSCN- Unification has now spread to other parts of Nagaland.
Two activists of the newly formed group NSCN-Unification were killed near a forest range office at Merapani in Woka while two youths, including one NSCN-IM cadre, were shot dead and another was critically injured in two separate shooting incidents in Dimapur town yesterday.
Rio said he had asked the Home Ministry whether the new group called NSCN-Unification had been in touch with it and sought direction in dealing with the situation.
"The Home Ministry would be giving certain directions," he said, adding the state government got "sandwiched in between".
Asked whether he had requested Patil to provide additional forces to deal with the clashes, Rio said "When it is required, we will ask for forces. There is no immediate demand for more force." PTI
0 comments:
Post a Comment