Burnt vehicles are damaged following violence allegedly carried out by Myanmar-based militant groups on May 7 in Z Choro village in Kamjong on Sunday (May 10, 2026). | Photo credit: ANI
GUWAHATI
Three Naga civil society organizations in Manipur have petitioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking his “personal and urgent intervention” to prevent a “sustained campaign of violence and territorial aggression” by Kuki groups against Naga villages in the hilly areas of the northeastern state.
The organizations urged the Center to rein in the Kuki armed groups operating under a Suspension of Operations (SoO) agreement and sought the Prime Minister’s help to expedite an inclusive and honest settlement of the Indo-Naga peace process under the Framework Agreement. The Center signed this agreement with the Nagalim National Socialist Council, also called NSCN (Isak-Muivah).
The memorandum, copies of which were released to the media on Saturday (May 9, 2026) evening, was signed by Ng Lorho, President of United Naga Council, Ch Priscilla Thumai, President of Naga Women’s Union and Th Angtheshang Maring, President of All Naga Students’ Association, Manipur.
The signatories alleged that Myanmar-based Kuki National Army-Burma (KNA-B) extremists, supported by SoO groups, launched repeated attacks on Naga villages in Ukhrul, Kamjong and other hilly areas of Manipur.
They argued that the May 7 attacks on the villages of Z. Choro, Namlee-Wanglee and Kaka, in which many houses were burned and residents displaced, were more a cross-border military invasion than a simple ethnic clash.
The three organizations said the use of drones, rocket launchers and other military-grade weapons, along with reports that dozens of armed cadres had crossed the India-Myanmar border, pointed to a well-coordinated, foreign-backed attack.
The memorandum accused the government of failing to uphold the spirit of the 2015 Framework Agreement, which recognizes the unique history and political rights of the Naga people. It argued that the continued accommodation of Kuki extremist groups, despite alleged attacks on Naga settlements, undermines the credibility of the peace process and the centre’s constitutional responsibility under Article 355 to protect states from external aggression.
The organizations called on the Center to immediately launch operations to evict members of the KNA-B, People’s Democratic Forces (an anti-junta Myanmar group) and SoO cadres from the Naga areas; to guarantee that any administrative arrangement will not affect Naga ancestral lands; restore free movement on highways in Manipur; and establish a time-limited judicial inquiry into recent attacks and alleged security lapses.
Asserting that the Centre’s “continued appeasement of Kuki armed groups” amounts to a “proxy war against the people with whom it signed a historic framework agreement”, the organizations asked Mr Modi to help bring the Nagas peace process to a “logical and acceptable” conclusion.
“The Naga people have chosen the path of peace,” they said, adding that a just political settlement was essential to secure India’s eastern border as well as national security.
Published – 10 May 2026 18:38 IST
