HISTORY SHOULD BE KNOWN. : Formation The National Socialist Council of Nagaland(NSCN) was formed on January 31, 1980 by Isak Chishi Swu, Thuingaleng Muivah and S.S. Khaplang opposing the Shillong Accordsigned by the then Naga National Council(NNC) with the Government of India. Later, misunderstanding surfaced within the outfit leaders over the issue of commencing negotiation dialogue with the Indian Government and on April 30, 1988, the NSCN split into two fractions; the NSCN-K led by S S Khaplang, and the NSCN-IM, led by Isak Chishi Swu and Thuingaleng Muivah. The split triggered spat of violence and factional clash between the factions. Objective The objective of the NSCN was to establish a Sovereign State by unifying all the Naga-inhabited areas in the North East of India and Northern Burma which the organization and the people of the area proposed as Nagalim. Unification of all Naga tribes under one administration and liberating Nagalim from India is listed as one of the supposed main objectives of the organization. Area of operation NSCN is active in North East India. The state of Nagaland and the hill districts in Manipur inhabited by the Nagas are the main areas where strong influence and presence of the organization is felt. Its presence in the neighboring states of Assam and Arunachal Pradesh are also widely acknowledged. On the international level, the presence and influence of the NSCN in the Northern part of Myanmar that are inhabited by the Naga tribes dates back to the time when the Nagas started their freedom struggle. Leadership and structure Isak Chishi Swu and Thuingaleng Muivah, the founding fathers of NSCN-IM, is Chairman and General Secretary of NSCN-IM respectively and SS Khaplang is the Chairman of the NSCN-K. On the political front, the [NSCN-IM] has divided its area of influence into 11 regions based on sub-tribe considerations and administrative convenience. In many areas, it runs a parallel government. There are four major ‘Ministries’ – Defense, Home, Finance and Foreign Affairs. Moreover, there are five other Ministries including Education, Information and Publicity, Forests and Minerals, Law and Justice and Religious Affairs. The most prominent among the Ministries is the ‘Home ministry’, which is considered as a replacement of the Indian State government machinery. The heads of 11 administrative regions report to the ‘Home Minister’ (Kilo Kilonser). The devolution of administrative arms of the organization goes down to the town and village levels in the NSCN-IM’s areas of influence. The outfit has also established a government-in-e xile called the Government of the People’s Republic of Nagaland (GPRN) which, interacts with formal and non-formal world bodies and media. The GPRN sends emissaries abroad to garner support and raise funds for the Naga cause.. Linkages Over the years, the NSCN-IM has tried to develop extensive linkages both within and outside India. It is alleged that Pakistan and China are providing finance as well as arms and ammunition to NSCN in their fight for independence against the Indian Government. It is believed that NSCN patronized smaller extremists outfits in the North East of India by giving warfare and intelligence trainings and providing logistics for waging war against India. The outfit has also opened up contacts with international organizations like the UN Human Rights Organizationin Geneva, Unrepresented Nations Peoples Organization(UNPO) at the Hague and the UN Working Group on Indigenous People (UNWGIP). China is also instrumental in providing training and arms, which was established after the arrest of the top NSCN IM leader Anthony Shimray. After his arrest by the Indian intelligence agencies he also revealed that he was tasked by Chinese intelligence agencies to collect and gather intelligence on Indian troop deployments in north eastern states of India. Further it is also alleged that NSCN is the major faction that helps many other minor militant outfits in north east and is widely accepted as the main reason of continued insurgency in north eastern states of Indian republic.
Posted on: Thu, 22 Jan 2015 05:40:55 +0000
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