NSCN leader Khaplang expelled from his own faction

Khaplang had reportedly removed self-styled General Khole Konyak from the post of “Commander-in-Chief” of the Naga Army apart from unilaterally filling up the vacant post of vice-chairmanship in the NSCN,widely regarded as undeclared position held by General Konyak without taking the ‘National Assembly’ into confidence,the press release said.

Khaplang,who had originally founded the NSCN along with Thuingaleng Muivah in the wake of the signing of the Shillong Accord of 1975 by a section of Naga underground leaders,had later split to form his own faction (NSCN-K) in 1988. Interestingly,though his faction has been in a ceasefire with the Government of India since 2001,not a single round of peace talks has been held between the government and the faction till date.