Nagaland Minister pitches for 'early solution' after ex-Army chief's visit

New Delhi: A powerful section in the Nagaland government was allegedly trying to 'delay' the peace process and maintain status quo in the name of ensuring consensus from 'all quarters', including the Naga insurgent group National Socialist Council of Nagalim (NSCN-IM).

However, bowing to public pressure and insistence from the Government of India to end 25-year-old peace talks, now a key minister in the Nagaland Cabinet, Neiba Kronu said on Thursday that 'early solution' to the vexed Naga issue "will be good for all".

Kronu, Parliamentary Affairs Minister and trusted lieutenant of Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio, said that the state government and legislators are pressuring the Centre and Naga negotiating groups to arrive at a solution at the earliest.

Addressing a meeting of NDPP workers in Pfutsero town in the remote Phek district, the Minister added that all 60 legislators and two Nagaland MPs — Phangnon Konyak (BJP in Rajya Sabha) and Thokeho Yepthomi (NDPP in Lok Sabha) — would meet at Kohima on July 16 to update all concerned parties and chalk out future strategies vis-a-vis the peace talks.

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