On September 10, Nagaland governor RN Ravi who is also the interlocutor for Naga Peace Talks held an official meeting with the Working Committee (WC) and Naga National Political Groups (NNPGs) at Police Complex in Chumoukedima of Dimapur District in Nagaland, reports East Mojo. This was the second official meeting between the Governor RN Ravi and NNPGs led by its convenor, N Kitovi Zhimomi after the July 14 meeting.
Following the meeting, on September 11, in a press release, both the WC and NNPGs has stated that Government of India (GoI) is determined to fulfill the political aspiration of the Naga people and will not wait anymore longer for the talks to be concluded. According to NNPG sources, RN Ravi hopes that all Naga groups, including National Socialist Council of Nagaland-Isak-Muivah (NSCN-IM) will be part of one solution that would benefit these groups as well as the Naga people. The governor also informed the Naga groups that there is nothing more left to negotiate on the part of the Centre other than as decided on as decided on October 31, 2019.
Meanwhile, on September 11, NSCN-IM reiterated its original demands for Greater Nagalim (including areas with Naga people in other states), a separate flag, and a separate constitution which it had dropped in its negotiations with GoI last year. In its statement, ‘major general’ Hitovi Chishi (retd), convener of NSCN(IM) steering committee, stated that, Framework Agreement signed in 2015 talks of “inclusive peaceful co-existence of the two entities sharing sovereign power”. “By ‘Inclusive’ it means all Nagas and their territories in different administrative units and political camps are to be included… Coexistence of the two entities means that Nagas and Union of India will coexist.”