No separate national flag or constitution for Nagas, says interlocutor

The Centre on Friday night dismissed the demand of the National Socialist Council of Nagaland (Isak-Muivah) for a separate flag and Constitution, and said the insurgent group was delaying peace negotiations, PTI reported.

“Unfortunately at this auspicious juncture, the NSCN-IM has adopted a procrastinating attitude to delay the settlement raising the contentious symbolic issues of separate Naga national flag and constitution on which they are fully aware of the Government of India’s position,” Naga talks interlocutor and state’s Governor RN Ravi said. He added that endless negotiations cannot be held with the insurgent group under the shadow of guns.

Ravi said that the central government was determined to conclude the decades-long peace process without delay. He added that a mutually agreed draft comprehensive settlement was ready for inking the final agreement between the Indian government and the rebels.