KOHIMA — Newly appointed Indian National Congress (INC) Secretary in-charge of Nagaland, Christopher Tilak, called for greater transparency in the Naga peace process, urging that copies of the agreements signed with Naga political groups be made public. It is essential that copies of these agreements are put in the public domain for enlightened and empowered discussion rather than only looking for an empowered interlocutor, he said, during his first visit to the state since assuming his new role. He made the remarks at a press conference at Congress Bhavan in Kohima on Tuesday. Tilak was referring to the 2015 Framework Agreement signed between the Indian government and the NSCN (IM) and the 2017 Agreed Position signed with the Working Committee of Naga National Political Groups (WC-NNPG). The AICC leader suggested that making these documents public would foster more informed discussions and a deeper understanding of the issues at stake. He expressed concern that recent meetings of the state government’s Political Affairs Committee (PAC), tasked with deliberating on the peace process, have taken place without members having access to the agreements. Tilak, who is also in-charge of Tripura, Manipur, and Sikkim, shared that he spent the past few days meeting with...