The Governor’s comments have threatend the tenuous peace process with the militant groups responding sharply to him. The letter from Mr. Ravi, who was appointed as the Centre’s interlocutor for the Naga peace process in August 2014 for his hold on the affairs of the northeast, was unprecedented. It split into the NSCN (IM) and the NSCN (K) in April 1988 and often engaged in fratricidal battles. At least three of its breakaway factions, however, formed the NNPGs to join the peace process two years later. The NSCN (IM) said Governor Ravi’s letter reflected the intention of an interlocutor who wanted to complicate and prolong the much-delayed peace process.

Source: The Hindu July 04, 2020 16:01 UTC