Naga students' body reiterates support for talks with Centre

Kohima: The Naga Students’ Federation today said it would extend full cooperation to any Naga political group engaging in dialogue with the Centre for a permanent solution to the vexed problem.[caption id=“attachment_749377” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] The Nagas await a final solution to the political problem. Reuters[/caption] Naga groups—NSCN(IM), NSCN(K) and NSCK (KK)—have entered into a ceasefire with the Centre, but the NSCN(IM) is the only organisation which is on an indefinite ceasefire and initiated a dialogue to find a solution to the decades-old crisis. NSF gives full support and cooperation to the dialogue process, Organisation’s outgoing president Kelhouneizo Yhome said. Yhome expressed his resentment over the continued atrocities on the Naga people in the mainland and demanded equal treatment and protection for them. Yhome has been succeeded by his assistant general secretary Tongpang Ozukum to lead the federation for the next three-year tenure. PTI