NSCN Faction Alleges Assam’s Eviction Drive Targets Naga Ancestral Lands

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• The Niki Sumi faction of the NSCN claimed Assam’s proposed eviction drive in Uriamghat, a border area close to Nagaland, is aimed at grabbing ancestral Naga lands.
• It alleged the area was falsely marked as a ‘disturbed area belt’ (DAB) using pre-1947 British demarcations without consulting the Nagas.
• According to the faction, successive Assam governments settled “illegal Bangladeshi immigrants” in DAB areas as part of long-term plans to evict them and occupy Naga ancestral lands.
• Assam and Nagaland have been in a contentious border dispute as 1963 when Nagaland became an independent state. Over 150 lives have been lost due to this dispute.
• While rounds of talks have failed to resolve thes disputes, both state governments agreed on maintaining a status quo over a decade ago which NSCN accused Assam of violating wiht this eviction drive.
• The NSCN faction urged the Nagaland government to strengthen security by deploying police personnel, home guards, and village guards along disputed borders.
• A large number of police personnel and bulldozers are being mobilized for clearing approximately 11,000 bighas of land at Uriamghat. As per officials’ statements:

– Survey operations are ongoing; no final date has been fixed for an eviction yet. About 60% of settlers-primarily Muslims-have voluntarily left after receiving notices.
– Sence June this year, around 55,000 individuals have already been evicted from forest land and other government properties across Assam.

Indian Opinion analysis

The escalation between border-demarcating interests raises long-standing issues surrounding identity-based territorial control in northeastern India. The claims made by the NSCN highlight past grievances stemming from colonial-era administrative decisions that still fuel distrust among ethnic communities today. Though unresolved territorial disputes like those between Assam-Nagaland add difficulty during situations involving physical force + Rights Larger ways integration emotional contributions local/national-writingancers how states !! Border_LINEAR Questioning!!!***! debugging links