The Assam Chief Minister S. Sonowal, on Saturday said that the territorial integrity of his State would not be compromised to create a ‘Greater Nagaland’ .
He was reacting to the statement of Thuingaleng Muivah, general secretary of the National Socialist Council of Nagalim (Isak-Muivah) that the framework agreement, signed between the Centre and the NSCN (IM) on August 3, 2015, had envisaged the integration of the Naga areas in three States to create a ‘Greater Nagaland.’
Congress reaction
A spokesman of the Congress party in Manipur has welcomed the statement of the Assam Chief Minister. Talking to The Hindu he said that the BJP-led coalition government in Manipur should provide the details of the agreement. If an explanation on the agreement was not forthcoming, there would be widespread agitations in the State. “From the very beginning, we have been pledging to protect the territory of Manipur, ’’ he said.
The territorial integrity was an election issue in the just-concluded polls in Manipur. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Rajnath Singh had said during their election meetings that there was no cause for apprehension on the agreement.
Meanwhile, the Manipur Chief Minister N. Biren Singh, would be rushing to Delhi on Sunday, to discuss, inter alia, the ultimatum served by the opposition Congress in the State, demanding the disclosure of details of the framework agreement signed between the Centre and the NSCN(IM).
Police have tightened security in vulnerable areas of the three states to maintain law and order.
