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On May 15, the National Socialist Council of Nagaland Isak-Muivah (NSCN-IM), the most influential and powerful among all Naga armed groups in India, angrily dismissed reported insinuations made by the National Investigative Agency (NIA) in a chargesheet filed on March 7..
The chargesheet alleged that the group was involved in a certain China-Myanmar module to destabilise Manipur and wage war against the Indian government alongside Meitei Valley Based Insurgent Groups (VBIGs)...
The NSCN-IM levelled serious counter-accusations on the Indian government, claiming that Indian security forces were fighting a proxy war against the Naga and the Meitei armed groups in cahoots with the Kuki National Army (Burma) (KNA-B) and anti-junta forces in Myanmar known as Peoples Defence Force (PDF)..
While talks continue, trust levels between both parties seem to be fraying at the edges, even as the Indian government struggles to reconcile the sentiments of all Naga groups and the NSCN-IM complains about New Delhi dragging its feet and dividing Naga society...
The United Naga Council (UNC), the apex body of Nagas in Manipur, too has pushed back against Kuki-Zo historical claims over territory and, like the Meitei, demanded a National Register of Citizens (NRC) to identify illegal immigrants from Myanmar (a coded reference to the Kuki-Zo)..
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