Naga Hoho, NMA meet Rajnath
Source: The Sangai Express / PTI
New Delhi, September 01 2016:
A delegation of Naga HoHo and Naga Mothers' Association today met Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh and discussed with him the present situation in Nagaland.
The delegation, led by the HoHo president Chuba Ozukum and Naga Mothers' chief Abeiu Meru, briefed the prevailing situation in the North Eastern State and desire of the civil society.
The delegation sought the Home Minister's intervention for early conclusion of the ongoing peace talks with NSCN-IM for bringing a lasting solution to Nagaland, sources said.
Singh assured the delegation to sympathetically look into their requests, sources said.
The Naga civil society delegation also discussed with the Home Minister the 'Framework Agreement' signed on August 3, 2015 which settles the political parameters of the final solution.
The pact was signed by NSCN-IM general secretary T Muivah and Centre's interlocutor for Naga talks R N Ravi in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and National Security Adviser Ajit Doval here.
The signing of the agreement came after over 80 rounds of negotiations that spanned 18 years with first breakthrough in 1997 when the ceasefire agreement was sealed.