Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio on Saturday asserted that the coming together of the legislat🌃ors of all political parties in the Assembly was to press for an early solution to the Naga peace talks.
Addressing the first General Body Meeting of the ruling Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP) after winning the assem🍨bly elections in February, Rio said it is the topmost agenda of the paജrty.
In 2021, all parties joined hands to form an opposition-less government in the northeastern state. It was done for the second time in March 2023 after the assembly 💖elections.
“We came together not only becau🌟se of the leadership but also for the issue. We will continue to work towards finding an early solution," said Rio here.
He said the party-less government has maintained transpa𒆙rency🔯 and accountability at all levels.
“The NDPP as a party🅠 is just six years old but we have won the state general elections two times in a row, with the support of alliance partners BJP. All other political parties came forward to have an oppos༒ition-less government,” he said.
Nagaland has lit🍒𝓰tle resources of its own and the state government needs the support of the Centre, the chief minister said.
Noneꦚtheless, even if there is an alliance with the Centre, the focus of the state government is Nagas and that is why the people are❀ supporting the NDPP, he said.
"Anything we achieve, it's with the dedication and commitment of the party leaders and workers," he said while thanking f🐷or the collective success.
About the Naga peace talks, t๊he NDPP appealed to the Centre to expedite the process of bringing about a final settlemen💙t.
The appeal was made as part of꧑ the resolution of the Party during its first general body meeting after the February State General Elections.
A Framework Agreement signed between the Centre 𓆏and the National Socialist Council of Nagalim (Isak-Muivah) to bring lasting peace in Nagaland was ink✃ed in 2015.
The pact came after over 80 rounds of negotiations spanning 18 years, with the first breakthrough in 1997 when the ceasefire agreement w🍸as sealed after decades of insurgency in Nagaland which started soon after Independence in 1947.
However, the final solution is yet to s🀅ee the light of the day mainly because of the unwillingness of the government to accept the NSCN(IM)’s persistent demand for a separate flag and constitution.
On the ethnic clashes in Manipur, the NDPP appealed to the people and government of that state and the ♈Centre to bring an end to the ongoing imbroglio an🐠d put a stop to the violence.
