Chief minister Tarun Gogoi said he and his Manipur counterpart, Okram Ibobi Singh, will jointly oppose any move by the Centre to accede to NSCN (IM)'s demand for territorial integration of Naga- inhabited areas of Assam and Manipur with Nagaland. The duo had earlier blocked such a move during the NDA government's tenure.
The NSCN (IM) wants to carve out a greater Nagaland by including all Naga-inhabited areas of Manipur, Assam and Arunchal Pradesh to the present state of Nagaland. "I welcome a solution with NSCN (IM) but without territorial integration of Naga-inhabited areas of Assam or other states," Gogoi said here on Friday. He added that the Centre didn't hold any consultation with the state government in this regard.
The NSCN (IM) wants to carve out a greater Nagaland by including all Naga-inhabited areas of Manipur, Assam and Arunchal Pradesh to the present state of Nagaland. "I welcome a solution with NSCN (IM) but without territorial integration of Naga-inhabited areas of Assam or other states," Gogoi said here on Friday. He added that the Centre didn't hold any consultation with the state government in this regard.
