Overview

• Four major Naga bodies—the United Naga Council, All Naga Students’ Association, Naga Women’s Union and Naga Peoples Movement for Human Rights-South—have demanded that Prime Minister Modi and Home Minister Shah revoke the FMR suspension and stop fencing within 20 days
• Representatives submitted identical memoranda through Governor Ajay Kumar Bhalla on July 22, marking a formal escalation after months of protests and picketing in Naga-inhabited areas
• The ultimatum targets ongoing construction along an 80-kilometre stretch in Tengnoupal and Chandel districts, areas recognised as Naga ancestral lands
• Under December 2024 guidelines, visa-free cross-border movement was reduced from 16 km to 10 km and placed under a pass system, prompting calls to restore the original FMR terms
• Memoranda addressed also to the defence and external affairs ministers cite violations of UNDRIP articles and warn of intensified protests across all Naga hill districts if demands go unmet