The Centre Chakhesang Youth Organisation (CCYO) announced a Non-Cooperation Movement against the Forest, Environment & Climate Change Department in the Centre Chakhesang area, to take effect from the midnight of October 5 and 6. The announcement followed the expiry of a seven-day ultimatum the organisation had served on the Chief Minister of Nagaland.

In a statement on Monday, the CCYO said the ultimatum concerned the detention of one Vezhoto Hesuh and other demands, which it said the government had failed to fulfil in full. It described the move as the first phase of its agitation and said it had exhausted all reasonable avenues of waiting for a response.

Under the announcement, the CCYO said the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972 would be treated as "unacceptable and non-operative" in the area. It said the existing prohibition on hunting within Centre Chakhesang was lifted from the same time. The organisation also said entry of outsiders, including personnel of government agencies, into Centre Chakhesang villages would remain prohibited until further notice, with trespassers at their own risk. The ban on photography and videography within its jurisdiction would also continue.

The CCYO cited Article 371A of the Constitution, which it said protects the customary laws, social practices, traditional institutions and land resources of the Naga people. It argued that these protections should be reflected in administrative practice and said it would no longer accept customary practices being subjected to "selective or arbitrary departmental action". It said its stand arose from the grievances over Hesuh's detention and the wider issue of how the Forest Department treats Naga customary practices.