Kohima: The Naga National Council (NNC), from a section of which the National Socialist Council of Nagalim – Issac-Muivah (NSCN-IM) was formed, on January 15 opposed the current peace talks between the Centre and NSCN.

"The NNC emphasises that such action is in the interests neither of the government of India nor the Nagas," NNC president I Panger Walling and general secretary Vizosielhou Nagi said in a statement.

"The NSCN-IM is only a faction and thus does not constitute a properly-mandated organisation which represent the views of the whole Naga populace," they said.

"Any attempt to solve the Naga political issue by policy of divide and rule is doomed to fail and the Indian government must appreciate this fundamental point," it said.

Stating that the NNC was the original Naga political body and stood for the Naga people, the statement reiterated its stand for recognition of Nagaland in its entirety, including part of Eastern Nagaland (Myanmar).

"Therefore the NNC opposes any political settlement relating to just one part of the land and its people," they said.

PTI