The NSCN(Khaplang) which has been outlawed and declared a terrorist outfit is losing its bite that marks all its stings. It has signed a ceasefire with the Centre in 2001 but called it off in June this year. It also mounted an attack on India’s security forces in Manipur. A large number of its cadres defected to other groups in the past few years, many of them to be NSCN (IN). A new group called NSCN (Reformation) has sprung up in April. Other groups which emerged were NSCN (Unification) in 2007 as NSCN (KK) in June 2011. The NSCN (Khaplang) has around 1500 activists and 600-700 of them are in Myanmar. Intelligence sources indicate that they are facing a financial crunch. Security forces have stopped Khaplang extortion significantly and a sizzled society movement has galvanised public opinion against it.
NSCN (K) camped in Myanmar provide, shelter, training and weapons to other north eastern outfits. The handing over of Anup Chetia, secretary of ULFA pro-peace talks faction, by Bangladesh to India is expected to pave the way for the diffusing of the ULFA crisis. But the thumping victory of Aung Saan Suu Kyi’s party in the Myanmar elections can complicate matters. New Delhi has so far been negotiating with the defeated Junta government in Yangon for the fluttering out of Khaplang rebels from Myanmar. It is not altogether clear to what extent the new regime in Yangon will be anxious to build good relations with Delhi in view of the Modi government’s recent bonhomie with the Junta in Myanmar.
