DIMAPUR: Fifteen apex tribal hohos (bodies) of Nagaland have reiterated their appeal to the Centre to seriously and sincerely bring about an honourable and acceptable solution to the protracted Indo-Naga issue before the assembly election in the state and without further delay.
Stressing that a solution to the issue is long due, the 15 tribal bodies, in a release issued by their media bureau, urged the Centre not to hoodwink the innocent Nagas with another "sugar-coated slogan or phrases".
They sought to point out that before the 2018 assembly polls in Nagaland, the Naga people wanted "solution not election" but the "sugar-coated" phrase "election for solution" of the ruling BJP government had swayed the innocent Nagas then, which is now an "inkling of deception and distrust".
"Therefore, the government of India should seriously look into this matter without further delay and as such, bring about 'solution before election' if it is serious and diligent enough to solve this protracted issue," the release said.