The clamour for a separate State in eastern Nagaland has gained momentum ahead of the Assembly polls due early next year, with 20 MLAs from the region extending support to a call not to take part in any election until the demand was met.
Eastern Nagaland comprises six districts -- Mon, Tuensang, Kiphire, Longleng, Noklak, and Shamator – which are inhabited by seven tribes of Chang, Khiamniungan, Konyak, Phom, Sangtam, Tikhir, and Yimkhiung.
Eastern Nagaland Peoples' Organisation (ENPO), an influential body in the region, held a joint consultative meeting with politicians, seven tribal bodies and other organisations from the region on August 26 in Dimapur, where they resolved not to take part in any election until their demand for a separate State of 'Frontier Nagaland' was met.
