While other Naga groups operate exclusively out of Nagaland, the women’s wing of NSCN (I-M) holds sway in both Nagaland as well as Manipur, including all the Naga hill districts, with influence on both the social and political life of the Naga tribes.
The National Socialist Council of Nagalim (Isak-Muivah) has accused the Indian Government of deliberately delaying the Indo-Naga peace process by playing ‘attrition politics. The council has warned against the dangers of selling or abandoning Nagalim - the home of millions of Nagas and a place they have lived in for thousands of years. Talks between the NSCN-IM and the Indian Government have failed to reach an agreement due to the issue of a separate flag and Constitution, which the Indian government rejected.
Manipur has been in the cross-currents of India’s oldest insurgent movements. The Naga national movement in the 1950s and the fight for an independent Nagalim touched parts of Manipur.