The appointment of Khango Konyak as the new NSCN(K) chairman, following the death of the hardline outfit’s founder Shangwang Shangyung Khaplang on Friday, is expected to throw open several possibilities for the Centre’s Naga peace talks. New Delhi’s talks with Khaplang, a Myanmarese national, had always remained a non-starter because he had reportedly refused to accept an Indian passport unlike what Thuingaleng Muivah and Isak Chisi Swu (of the rival NSCN-IM faction) had done to return to India.
The appointment of Khango Konyak as the new NSCN(K) chairman, following the death of the hardline outfit’s founder Shangwang Shangyung Khaplang on Friday, is expected to throw open several possibilities for the Centre’s Naga peace talks. New Delhi’s talks with Khaplang, a Myanmarese national, had always remained a non-starter because he had reportedly refused to accept an Indian passport unlike what Thuingaleng Muivah and Isak Chisi Swu (of the rival NSCN-IM faction) had done to return to India.