NSCN (I-M) Urges End to Factional Fighting in Eastern Naga Areas

Dimapur, Jan 28, 2026: The NSCN (I-M) has expressed deep concern over recent factional clashes in the eastern Naga homeland and called for an immediate end to internecine violence, warning that such infighting threatens the very foundations of the Naga political movement.

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In a statement issued through its Ministry of Information and Publicity (MIP), the NSCN (I-M) said the Naga political movement is a people-based struggle sustained by public support and sacrifice to defend the dignity and honour of the Naga nation against aggressors. However, it lamented that the collective voice of the Naga people was being drowned out by factional infighting, which it described as a “dangerous symptom” of fragmentation under the NSCN nomenclature.

The group welcomed concerns raised by the Lahe-based Naga Students’ Organization (NSO) over what it termed “unforgiving” attacks and counter-attacks between NSCN (Yung Aung) and NSCN-K (Angmai Mulatonu). It described the students’ body’s intervention as an “urgent voice” of the people to salvage a situation that, it claimed, ultimately served the interests of “aggressor governments.”

The NSCN (I-M) further alleged that both India and Myanmar pursue deliberate policies of encouraging multiple factions to keep the Nagas divided and vulnerable, thereby preventing a united political challenge. It said factionalism had become a “perverse incentive” for internal conflict, diverting public attention from the core Naga political issue through sensationalism arising from clashes.

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Calling factional fighting and vendetta-driven politics “miserable” and unethical, the NSCN (I-M) urged all Naga political groups to abandon violent methods that prioritise personal gain over the public good. It said such conflicts often revolve around assassinations, bloody clashes, betrayals and smear campaigns, yielding nothing constructive for the people.

Appealing to all factions to heed the voice of the people, the NSCN (I-M) said NSCN groups, irrespective of affiliation, represent the truth of the Naga political movement. “We should not prove ourselves wrong lest we are condemned by history,” the group cautioned, underscoring the need for unity and restraint.