NPF supports Naga peace process: CM

Nagaland Chief Minister Shurhozelie Liezietsu today said the ruling Naga Peoples Front supports the ongoing peace process and hoped that the final solution would be inclusive of all sections of the Naga people.
"The Naga Peoples Front (NPF) stands for an early solution of the Naga political problem - a solution which is honourable and acceptable to all sections of the society," said the chief minister, who is also the NPF president.
"We support the Framework Agreement signed between the Government of India and the NSCN (IM) on August 3, 2015," he said at a party convention here.
"We stand for inclusiveness of all groups and sections of the Naga society while arriving at a final solution," said Liezietsu.

"We do not consider statehood as the final agreement between the Nagas and the Government of India and we expect a final solution which is inclusive of all Naga political groups and sections of the Naga people," he said.
Shurhozelie said though the nomenclature of his party has changed several times depending on the contemporary needs, the ideal and principle of the NPF remains same as it was when the party was first registered with the Election Commission of India in 1963.

He said the 16-point agreement of 1960 between the Centre and then Naga People's Convention to end violence and bloodshed could not reach its goal.

It was then felt, he added, the agreement was not proper as representatives of the underground groups were not part of it and another one was necessary to usher in real peace and harmony in the state and NPS was formed to achieve that target.
Maintaining that there is no alternative to the NPF in Nagaland, the chief minister called upon its leaders and functionaries to be mature enough to consider which political ideologies and principles are best for the people and which are detrimental to their interests.