Political leaders in Eastern Nagaland have backed the ENPO in demanding implementation of the February 5 agreement on the Frontier Nagaland Territorial Authority.
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DIMAPUR — Political leaders from across party lines in Eastern Nagaland have thrown their weight behind the Eastern Nagaland Peoples' Organisation (ENPO), resolving to support the implementation of the February 5 Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) without dilution amid an ongoing dispute over the proposed Frontier Nagaland Territorial Authority (FNTA).
The resolutions were adopted during a consultative meeting convened by the ENPO at its Conference Hall in Tuensang on Tuesday. The meeting was attended by office bearers of national, state and district-level political parties from Eastern Nagaland.
According to a press communiqué issued after the meeting, participants were briefed on the status of the MoA signed on February 5 between the government of India, the government of Nagaland and the ENPO.
Following deliberations, the house unanimously resolved to uphold the agreement and remain fully committed to its implementation without dilution.
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The meeting also endorsed the April 16 resolution adopted during a consultative and coordination meeting between the ENPO and the Eastern Naga National Workers' Forum (ENNWF), reaffirming support for the MoA.
Political leaders further resolved to utilise their respective party platforms to ensure the implementation and materialisation of the agreement without further delay.
The house also resolved that, in the event of a failure to implement the MoA, political leaders from Eastern Nagaland would respond to any call given by the ENPO and stand together in the interest of the people of the region.
The resolutions come days after the ENPO accused the Nagaland government of attempting to dilute key provisions of the February 5 agreement relating to the proposed FNTA.
In a statement issued on May 30, the organisation alleged that the state government was backtracking on provisions providing legislative, executive and financial autonomy to the proposed authority. The ENPO had maintained that the agreement should be implemented in its original form and urged the state government to facilitate its implementation.
The organisation had also called on the government to table and pass the FNTA Bill in the Nagaland Legislative Assembly without altering any provision of the signed agreement.