Asserts State’s sole authority on law and order
Chümoukedima, December 19 (MExN): The Chümoukedima District Village Councils’ Association (CDVCA) on Friday issued a press statement demanding to ‘relinquish office’ of the Chairman of the Ceasefire Monitoring Group (CFMG) in Nagaland and condemning the recent armed raid by an NSCN faction’s cadres.
The CDVCA stated that the existing CFMG has been an “absolute disappointment to the general public.” It alleged that “given the repeated instances where those adhering and believing in the sanctity of the unity and integrity of the union of India have been totally ignored.”
“The Chairman of the Ceasefire Monitoring mechanism is ineffective as far as the people of Nagaland are concerned,” the Villagers of Chümoukedima district opined and demanded “The Chairman of the Ceasefire Monitoring Group/Cell [should] relinquish office immediately and enable someone, if any, to take up the concerns of the villagers of Nagaland.”
It urged all Naga political groups, which are in ceasefire agreements with the Government of India, to “calibrate with the State Government, which obviously has the mandate of the people of Nagaland and conduct themselves in accordance with the provisions of the laws of the land.”
The association called for the restoration of “faith and confidence of the people of Nagaland to the institution of Statehood and Union/Federal structure of the Nation.” It demanded, “Illegal activities of everyone, be it of factions in CF agreements or not, be brought under the ambit of the laws of the land, and penalized if and when applicable.”
The CDVCA vehemently denounced an incident on December 15, 2025, where armed cadres of an NSCN faction entered a private residence in Aoyimkum village.
The cadres, described as “armed to the teeth,” were accused of ‘terrorising innocent citizens by firing sophisticated weapons in the presence of civilians’, “traumatizing the entire neighbourhood including senior citizens,” and abducting several bonafide citizen of the villagers.
The association also noted that ‘temerity of the faction claiming to have the mandate of the Naga people, as publicized in the media, is outrightly absurd and laughable.’ It stated, “The people of Nagaland have been giving their mandate to the elected Governments of Nagaland all these decades rather than to the 30-odd factions of the Naga political groups that have mushroomed up in the last few years.”
While acknowledging that the “altruistic services of the 30-odd factions should be acknowledged and appreciated,” the association firmly asserted that the legality or illegality of activities of the local Naga entrepreneurs in the State such as call centres or otherwise, is within the sole and only purview of the State Government to consider, deem or adjudicate.
“Law and order, and upkeep of the same, is absolutely of the concern of State government/administration, and not of any other authority unrecognised by the law of the land,” the association declared.
