ENPO president A. Chingmak Chang said the organisation was satisfied with the outcome as the State Government has accepted its third option which will be reviewed after 10 years
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DIMAPUR — The Eastern Nagaland Peoples’ Organisation (ENPO) has said that it is satisfied with the Frontier Nagaland Territorial Authority (FNTA) Bill, 2026 “to some extent”, after it was unanimously passed by the Nagaland Legislative Assembly on September 3.
Speaking to the media on the sidelines of ambulance distribution under MPLADS programme in Dimapur on Saturday, ENPO president A. Chingmak Chang said the organisation was satisfied with the outcome as the State Government has accepted its third option which will be reviewed after 10 years.
On the proposed enhancement of economic package from INR 5,000 crore to a minimum of INR 10,000 crore, Chang said the matter rests with the Central Government.
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Regarding the implementation timeline, he said that the Bill is currently in process following its passage by the Assembly, and that it would now be forwarded to the Governor, who could either give assent or reserve it for consideration by the President of India.
Chang said the Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) signed on February 5 this year would remain ENPO’s primary focus, describing it as the “constitution” for implementation.
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He said a joint monitoring committee comprising representatives of the ENPO, Government of Nagaland, Government of India and FNTA would be constituted to periodically monitor the implementation of the arrangement and address any issues that may arise.
He also shared that the disagreement over the first bill introduced in March, was over the ENPO’s main contention, which was about the absence of legislative autonomy.
Furthermore, he said that the State Government subsequently undertook legal and constitutional consultations, including discussions with the Ministry of Home Affairs, following which it took a political decision to provide legislative autonomy to the FNTA over the transferred subjects.
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