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Naga Peace Process: Constitutional amendment in the offing ?
Source: The Sangai Express / Ninglun Hanghal
New Delhi, October 17 2012:
Nagaland Chief Minister Nephiu Rio and his 19 member Joint Legislative Front , formed recently to take up the peace process and have been camping in the Capital since Monday have a number of Central leaders, including Union Home Minister Shushil Kumar Shinde , leader of Opposition Sushma Swaraj , senior BJP leader LK Advani and several other political party leaders.
They also met NSCN (IM ) leaders.
Talking to The Sangai Express in between the several schedule meetings SI Jamir President of PCC and MLA said they have come to urge the Centre Government to speed up the negotiation going on between the Centre and the NSCN (IM) .
"After that, the process will be taken up with the other groups / factions " said the MLA from Dimapur II Constituency.
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Not ruling out possibility of amendment in the Constitution to bring about a settlement, the Dimapur MLA reasoned that their meetings with the Opposition leaders and other prominent political parties was to garner support and ensure speedy process.
In the pursuit for a final solution to the long drawn negotiations between the GoI and the NSCN ( IM), a possibility amending the Indian constitution may be in the pipeline.
Clarifying that the "interim Government" before the upcoming election that was reportedly turned down by the Centre is not a proposal by the JLF, the MLA said " if necessary we will resign , dissolve the Assembly for bringing a settlement, we are prepared for any alternative arrangement" .
On being asked what the alternative arrangement would be like, the MLA replied that it will depend on the negotiation between the GoI and the NSCN ( IM) .
"They should cooperate with us" he told the Sangai Express.
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