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The trust deficit is wide and deep: What explains Naga talks deadlock

Aditi Phadnis explains the factors leading to the Naga talks deadlock and hardening of the NSCN IM's stand

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In 2015, the central government, led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and NSCN IM supremo Thuingaleng Muivah signed a Framework Agreement to address Naga identity and sovereignty issues, and end the oldest insurgency in India

Aditi Phadnis
Nagaland Governor R N Ravi must feel bitter. The former deputy national security advisor spent five years (2015-20) talking to militant groups in Nagaland to get them to agree on the Framework Accord between the National Socialist Council of Nagaland Isaak-Muivah (NSCN IM) and the government of India. But he could end up as nothing more than a mention in a file in the ministry of home affairs like those before him: Y D Gundevia, foreign secretary (1965), L P Singh (ICS, former home secretary, 1975), K Padmanabhaiah (former home secretary 1990s), R S Pandey (former Nagaland chief secretary and