Amicable solution to ENPO demand soon: State BJP chief

DIMAPUR: With five party office-bearers of BJP from eastern Nagaland by his side, state BJP president Benjamin Yepthomi on Monday asserted that the demand of the Eastern Nagaland People's Organisation (ENPO) would be resolved soon.
The ENPO has been demanding a separate Frontier Nagaland Territory carved out of Nagaland since 2010, citing lack of development and discrimination in eastern Nagaland, comprising six districts, by successive state govts.
The seven tribes of eastern Nagaland, under the aegis of ENPO, boycotted this year's Lok Sabha and urban local body elections in the state to press for their demand, besides holding various other forms of protests in the region.
Addressing media persons at his Thahekhu village residence here, Yepthomi said PM Narendra Modi and home minister Amit Shah assured that it was the responsibility of the BJP-led NDA govt to bring an amicable solution to the ENPO's demand which is more than a decade-old.
"We are confident that the solution concerning the ENPO issue is not far from now, and it is only under the leadership of home minister Amit Shah that the ENPO issue will be solved very soon," he said.
"We look forward to sunnier days soon," Yapthomi said.