NLA Passed Resolution Against Center’s Decision to suspend FMR

The Nagaland Assembly on Friday adopted a resolution urging the Centre to reconsider its decision to fence the Indo-Myanmar border and scrap the Free Movement Regime (FMR) with the neighbouring country.

The Centre earlier this month ended the FMR, which allows people residing close to the India-Myanmar border to venture 16 km into each other’s territory without a visa.

The 1643 km stretch of the Indo-Myanmar border is spread over four North Eastern states – Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Mizoram and Nagaland.

The Centre’s decision to suspend the FMR and fence the Indo-Myanmar boundary would disrupt the age-old historical, social, tribal, and economic ties of the Naga people living on both sides of the international border.

It also cause immense inconvenience to the Naga people living in border areas as a number of people of Nagaland have agricultural land across the border.

The resolution moved by Deputy Chief Minister Y Patton.