<p>With the rebel group NSCN (IM) bent on its "core demands" for separate flag and Constitution for the Nagas, Centre's interlocutor and Nagaland Governor R N Ravi has called a meeting of various stakeholders including church leaders to work out ways for signing a final agreement to end the decades-long Naga conflict.</p>.<p>Official sources said Ravi has also invited leaders of all 14 Naga tribes in Nagaland for a consultation on October 18 at a hotel in the state capital Kohima to apprise them about the progress made so far in the talks and discuss on how to reach an "inclusive" agreement. </p>.<p>Ravi had earlier said Prime Minister Narendra Modi asked him to complete the negotiation by October for signing a final agreement but NSCN-IM's refusal to sign the agreement with its "core demands" being fulfilled gave a blow to his efforts. Ravi and a few central officials held talks with an NSCN-IM delegate in New Delhi on October 10 but sources said it could not break the ice.</p>.<p>Naga groups including NSCN (IM) do not consider Nagas to be part of India and have fought an armed fight till it signed a ceasefire with the Centre in 1997. After years of negotiation, the NSCN (IM) signed a "Framework Agreement" with Narendra Modi government in August 2015, which accepted the Nagas problem as a unique one.</p>.<p>NSCN (IM) said Nagas would never merge with India but agreed to "share sovereignty" given the complications involved in finding a permanent solution. The rebel group said a seperate flag and Constitution is a must to maintain the uniqueness of the Nagas, which was accepted by the Centre in the 2015 Framework Agreement.</p>.<p>Ravi also met leaders of Naga National Political Group (NNPG) in New Delhi on Monday. The NSCN-IM, however, slammed the NNPG saying they did not represent the Naga cause. </p>.<p>Meanwhile, Naga Hoho, the apex tribal body of the Nagas in Nagaland stated that any accord that does not honour the Nagas' "legitimate rights" for integration, a separate Naga flag as well as a constitution is neither honourable nor acceptable to the Nagas.</p>
<p>With the rebel group NSCN (IM) bent on its "core demands" for separate flag and Constitution for the Nagas, Centre's interlocutor and Nagaland Governor R N Ravi has called a meeting of various stakeholders including church leaders to work out ways for signing a final agreement to end the decades-long Naga conflict.</p>.<p>Official sources said Ravi has also invited leaders of all 14 Naga tribes in Nagaland for a consultation on October 18 at a hotel in the state capital Kohima to apprise them about the progress made so far in the talks and discuss on how to reach an "inclusive" agreement. </p>.<p>Ravi had earlier said Prime Minister Narendra Modi asked him to complete the negotiation by October for signing a final agreement but NSCN-IM's refusal to sign the agreement with its "core demands" being fulfilled gave a blow to his efforts. Ravi and a few central officials held talks with an NSCN-IM delegate in New Delhi on October 10 but sources said it could not break the ice.</p>.<p>Naga groups including NSCN (IM) do not consider Nagas to be part of India and have fought an armed fight till it signed a ceasefire with the Centre in 1997. After years of negotiation, the NSCN (IM) signed a "Framework Agreement" with Narendra Modi government in August 2015, which accepted the Nagas problem as a unique one.</p>.<p>NSCN (IM) said Nagas would never merge with India but agreed to "share sovereignty" given the complications involved in finding a permanent solution. The rebel group said a seperate flag and Constitution is a must to maintain the uniqueness of the Nagas, which was accepted by the Centre in the 2015 Framework Agreement.</p>.<p>Ravi also met leaders of Naga National Political Group (NNPG) in New Delhi on Monday. The NSCN-IM, however, slammed the NNPG saying they did not represent the Naga cause. </p>.<p>Meanwhile, Naga Hoho, the apex tribal body of the Nagas in Nagaland stated that any accord that does not honour the Nagas' "legitimate rights" for integration, a separate Naga flag as well as a constitution is neither honourable nor acceptable to the Nagas.</p>