Kohima: The 14th Nagaland Legislative Assembly (NLA), during the last day of the fourth session on Friday resolved to appeal to the Government of India to reconsider the suspension of the Free Movement Regime (FMR) and the proposed border fencing.
Deputy chief minister and minister incharge of home department, Yanthungo Patton, introduced the resolution which was later passed by the 60-member legislative Assembly.
The resolution made reference to the Government of India’s recent announcement to suspend the Free Movement Regime (FMR) along the Indo-Myanmar border, and the proposed border fencing.
The government observed that such measures will cause immense hardship, inconvenience, and agony to the Naga people living in the Indo-Myanmar border areas due to the fact that the traditional land holding system straddles across the international border in many areas, and people have to cross the international border on a daily basis for their normal cultivation activities.
Nagaland government observed that the Centre’s move will seriously disrupt the age-old historical, social, tribal, and economic ties of the Naga people living on both sides of the international border.
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In view of the special and unique situation, the 14th NLA resolved to appeal the Government of India to reconsider its decision, and to abandon the plan of suspending the FMR and fencing along the Indo-Myanmar border.
The house resolved to appeal to the Centre to work out regulations for movement of people across the borders in close consultation with the people inhabiting the border areas, and for suitably bringing in the village council authorities concerned in the entire system of regulations.
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