Nagaland: May get separate flag as part of final accord with Centre

KOHIMA: The Naga peace accord is the accord signed in August 2015 by the Government of India and the National Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN) to end the insurgency and according to sources Nagaland may be given a separate official flag under the final accord.

A separate flag is one of the 33 demands made by the NSCN (I-M), which has been engaged in talks with the central government since 1997.

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Other demands include a separate constitution, dual citizenship and the creation of "Nagalim" by integrating all Naga-inhabited areas of Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur and Nagaland, but the last demand is expected to be put on the "backburner for now" because of opposition from the other states.

Under the final agreement, certain items are expected to be transferred from the Central and Concurrent list of the Constitution to the State list, which would imply greater powers for Nagaland.

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The peace accord is expected to figure in the forthcoming budget session of Parliament as the document will have a few clauses requiring parliamentary sanction. They include the concept of "shared sovereignty", special constitutional privileges to safeguard the traditional rights of Nagas with recognition of the "uniqueness of their history".

(Agencies)

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