Tribes oppose 'Nagalim' move

The ethnic tribes of Changlang district have protested against the NSCN (IM)'s demand to integrate Naga areas, including Changlang, in its proposed 'Greater Nagalim'.

The ethnic tribes of Changlang district have protested against the NSCN (IM)'s demand to integrate Naga areas including Changlang in its proposed 'Greater Nagalim'. Leaders of communities such as Angsa, Noctes, Singphos and Wanchos announced that the district was an indispensable part of Arunachal Pradesh' and strongly opposed any move to separate it from the state.

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In a memorandum, The Changlang district People's Forum conveyed the opposition of the people to the move to the Deputy Commissioner urging him to protect the integrity of the district and the DC has promised to take up the matter with higher authorities.

Meanwhile, the Arunachal Pradesh Congress Committee (I), (APCC-I) has urged the UPA Chairperson and Congress chief, Sonia Gandhi to exclude Tirap and Changlang districts from the ongoing Indo-Naga Nagalim'. An APCC delegation led by its working President, Takam Sanjoy, who called on Gandhi during her maiden visit to the state capital, and submitted a memorandum conveying that both the districts should not be a part of the on going peace process between the center and The NSCN (IM).

The memorandum called for the protection of the territorial integrity of the state at any cost and said that not an inch of Arunachal land should be parted to the proposed 'Greater Nagalim' as the state assembly on several occasions had adopted resolutions to this effect.