The NSCN/GPRN has expressed its strong objection on the Government of India (GoI) policy to further strengthen its illegal occupation through abrogating the Free Movement Regime (FMR) and fencing along the artificial Indo-Myanmar border cutting across Nagalim.

“Amongst others, the strategy of Indian state has been motivated to further divide the Nagas by reinforcing the unrecognized imaginary international state boundaries imposed on Nagalim and significantly undermining Naga national struggle,” stated a statement by the MIP, NSCN/GPRN.

According to the NSCN/GPRN, the current Indian state policy of scrapping FMR and border fencing is a colonial ‘divide and rule’ strategy to crush the Nagas under the pretext of combating insurgency, illegal immigrants and drug trafficking, thus defending that this safeguard ‘national security and integrity.

“Such wanton action is directly attacking the brotherhood existence of the Naga people that resides in the present states of India and Myanmar. Nagas do not accept the arbitrary division of Nagalim whatsoever and such act of segregating Nagas who are existing as a family, people and nation in their own land is unacceptable and a flagrant violation of international law,” it stated.

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The Indian state oppressive strategy, according to the group, is never an answer to resolve the more than seven decades old Indo-Naga political conflict.

“Despite the Framework Agreement of August 3, 2015, the GoI’s deliberate act of scrapping FMR and fencing border has hurt the Nagas beyond word,” it further added, and condemned the GoI policy in its strongest term. “Nagas would do anything to stand by the God-given right as a nation. Thus, if anything untoward happens GoI shall be held responsible,” cautioned the group.