CSOs say no to FNTA type arrangement in Manipur
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By Our Staff Reporter
IMPHAL, Feb 13: The Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) Kangleipak has strongly cautioned Govern-ment of India against apply- ing a Frontier Nagaland Territorial Authority (FNTA) type arrangement in Manipur.
The warning came amid the Kuki-Zo community demanding a separate administration, carved out of Manipur.
In a statement, the CSOs Kangleipak, a conglomerate of 14 civil organisations, said there is apprehension among the people that the Government of India may come to an agreement with certain communities to give them autonomy in line with the Frontier Nagaland Territorial Authority (FNTA).
If there is any such attempt, the Government of India must be very mindful and cautious about the eventualities of such an arrangement, it said.
Any attempt to apply an FNTA like design in Manipur would be a serious blunder on the part of the Government of India that may trigger a massive uprising of the people to decide their own future, it warned.
The Frontier Nagaland Territorial Authority is an autonomous administrative body established on February 5, 2026, through a tripartite agreement between the Government of India, Government of Nagaland, and Eastern Nagaland Peoples' Organisation (ENPO).
The FNTA grants administrative and financial autonomy to six eastern districts of Nagaland which include Tuensang, Mon, Kiphire, Longleng, Noklak, and Shamator.
The CSOs Kangleipak asserted that the people of Manipur will never agree to an FNTA like arrangement that would undermine the State's integrity.
"The FNTA was brought to Nagaland after experimenting in Kashmir." However, such a mechanism must never be applied to a State like Manipur, said the CSOs Kangleipak.
It reminded the Government of India that Manipur has a unique history and its formation as a State differs from most other States.
Manipur existed as a sovereign kingdom, and it had its own written Constitution and flag before the merger with India [in 1949], it said.
The Government of India may not admit it, but it surely knows how Manipur was merged with India, it said, inferring that the signing of the agreement on September 21, 1949 was controversial.
The people of Manipur have always stood for the State's integrity and territorial boundary. Attempts to break Manipur apart so far have failed. If there is any further attempt to undermine the State's integrity, the Government of India must remember that the people are ever ready to face such challenges appropriately, it said.
Manipur's integrity and its united structure must never be broken. People from within the State or outside must never try to break the State, it added.
The Government of India must never apply an FNTA like arrangement in Manipur in the name of improving local self governance. Any such attempt will invite a massive people's uprising to decide their own future political destiny, said the CSOs Kangleipak.
The CSOs Kangleipak is a conglomerate of PANDM, IPSA, ACOAM-Lup, IPAK, KSA, ERDO, Kangla Mei, KIL, CLK, SWA, LOYA Lup, MIKL, AKSIL and ANDOK.
IMPHAL, Feb 13: The Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) Kangleipak has strongly cautioned Govern-ment of India against apply- ing a Frontier Nagaland Territorial Authority (FNTA) type arrangement in Manipur.
The warning came amid the Kuki-Zo community demanding a separate administration, carved out of Manipur.
In a statement, the CSOs Kangleipak, a conglomerate of 14 civil organisations, said there is apprehension among the people that the Government of India may come to an agreement with certain communities to give them autonomy in line with the Frontier Nagaland Territorial Authority (FNTA).
If there is any such attempt, the Government of India must be very mindful and cautious about the eventualities of such an arrangement, it said.
Any attempt to apply an FNTA like design in Manipur would be a serious blunder on the part of the Government of India that may trigger a massive uprising of the people to decide their own future, it warned.
The Frontier Nagaland Territorial Authority is an autonomous administrative body established on February 5, 2026, through a tripartite agreement between the Government of India, Government of Nagaland, and Eastern Nagaland Peoples' Organisation (ENPO).
The FNTA grants administrative and financial autonomy to six eastern districts of Nagaland which include Tuensang, Mon, Kiphire, Longleng, Noklak, and Shamator.
The CSOs Kangleipak asserted that the people of Manipur will never agree to an FNTA like arrangement that would undermine the State's integrity.
"The FNTA was brought to Nagaland after experimenting in Kashmir." However, such a mechanism must never be applied to a State like Manipur, said the CSOs Kangleipak.
It reminded the Government of India that Manipur has a unique history and its formation as a State differs from most other States.
Manipur existed as a sovereign kingdom, and it had its own written Constitution and flag before the merger with India [in 1949], it said.
The Government of India may not admit it, but it surely knows how Manipur was merged with India, it said, inferring that the signing of the agreement on September 21, 1949 was controversial.
The people of Manipur have always stood for the State's integrity and territorial boundary. Attempts to break Manipur apart so far have failed. If there is any further attempt to undermine the State's integrity, the Government of India must remember that the people are ever ready to face such challenges appropriately, it said.
Manipur's integrity and its united structure must never be broken. People from within the State or outside must never try to break the State, it added.
The Government of India must never apply an FNTA like arrangement in Manipur in the name of improving local self governance. Any such attempt will invite a massive people's uprising to decide their own future political destiny, said the CSOs Kangleipak.
The CSOs Kangleipak is a conglomerate of PANDM, IPSA, ACOAM-Lup, IPAK, KSA, ERDO, Kangla Mei, KIL, CLK, SWA, LOYA Lup, MIKL, AKSIL and ANDOK.