Autonomy pact inked for 6 Nagaland districts

NEW DELHI: A tripartite statement was signed connected Thursday among the Centre, Nagaland govt and Eastern Nagaland People’s Organisation (ENPO) — which champions the origin of 8 recognised tribes of eastbound Nagaland — successful the beingness of Union location curate Amit Shah, paving the mode for instauration of a Frontier Nagaland Territorial Authority (FNTA) for six districts of Nagaland.As portion of the arrangement, determination volition beryllium devolution of powers relating to 46 subjects to FNTA, which volition screen the districts of Tuensang, Mon, Kiphire, Longleng, Noklak and Shamator. The autonomy and greater accidental volition code the long-standing grievances of ENPO implicit deficiency of equitable improvement successful eastbound Nagaland districts.Shah, describing the statement arsenic a measurement that furthers realisation of PM Narendra Modi’s imaginativeness for a violence-free and developed northeast, recalled however helium met ENPO leaders successful 2021-22 and convinced them against boycotting elections by underlining that Centre was committed to resolving each dispute. He said Nagaland CM Neiphiu Rio had past assured him his govt would perceive and resoluteness grievances of ENPO.MHA successful a connection said the statement provides for sharing of improvement outlay for the eastbound Nagaland portion successful proportionality to colonisation and area.