Issues of Peace and Conflict in NE India Barnali Deka, Asst,Professor, Dept. of Political Science Mangaldai College

INTRODUCTION Peace and conflict are not isolated but interrelated concepts. NE--most complex conflict zones Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya and Mizoram- less conflict ridden than Assam, Manipur, Nagaland and Tripura Also been affected

Root causes of conflict Migration Colonial and post-colonial experiences Structural deficiencies Unequal power relations Underdeveloped communication Absence of major industries. Poor scenario in health and education sector

Insurgency in NE India Nagaland: NNC, NSCN Mizoram: MNF Manipur: Affected by NSCN, KNA, KNF Tripura: TNV, TTF, TNTF, TBF Assam: ULFA, NDFB, KPLT, MULTA, HUM, KLO.

Response to conflict reactive, security centric and statist. often transforms insurgency or armed social movements into terrorism. increases the sense of public insecurity. Human rights violation

Search for alternatives : more positive and human approach multi-cultural paradigm diversity in unity, instead of unity in diversity.

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