NLF urges Centre to reconsider ban on NSCN(K)

The Nagaland Legislators Forum (NLF) today urged the Centre to reconsider the ban imposed on Naga militant outfit NSCN(K) and resume the ceasefire in the interest of the people of the state.
"The action by the Centre is against the wishes and desire of the people," state Assembly Speaker and NLF Convenor Chotisuh Sazo said in a statement here.
Stating that Nagas have been requesting the Government of India and the NSCN(K) to resume their ceasefire so as to let peace reign in our land, Sazo said that a memorandum of NLF submitted to the Prime Minister on July 17, 2015 had urged the Centre to resume ceasefire with NSCN (K).

This, he said, was further reiterated in the NLA resolution passed in the recently held Ninth Session of the Twelfth Nagaland Legislative Assembly, held from July 21 to 27 which was subsequently "endorsed" by all the mass based civil organizations in the consultative meet with the NLF on July 31, 2015.
"It is obvious now that the ban would create more rift and mistrust between the Government of India and NSCN(K) and will vitiate the peaceful atmosphere in the state," the NLF said.
The Centre on September 16 banned for five years NSCN-K, which has been involved in a series of attacks, including the killing of 18 soldiers of the Army in Manipur in June.