The Naga People’s Front (NPF) 43-Phungyar AC Unit staged a democratic protest on Sunday against the planned fencing along the Indo-Myanmar border and the abolition of the Free Movement Regime (FMR) in Naga ancestral territory by the Union Ministry of Home Affairs.

The protest, held at Kamjong public ground, condemned the decisions of the BJP-led government to fence the border and scrap the decades-old FMR without consulting the Nagas. The Unit issued a statement calling the move “divisive” and likened the proposed barbed-wire fence to a “Berlin Wall” that would sever cultural, economic, and social ties between Naga communities on both sides of the border.

The NPF, a coalition partner in the Manipur government led by N. Biren Singh and part of the BJP-led NDA at the Centre, expressed strong opposition to the Centre’s decision. The protesters argued that fencing the border would irreparably harm the blood ties shared by Nagas across India and Myanmar, a division that dates back to the colonial era.

The Unit also accused the Centre of exacerbating long-standing grievances of the Naga people by disregarding their concerns in the name of national security. Placards and banners displayed during the protest highlighted the community’s demands to reconsider the border fencing and FMR abolition.

The protest called on citizens across the region to support the movement against the decisions, urging unity to protect the cultural and historical identity of the Naga people.