Kohima, The Nagaland government is hopeful and confident of a Naga political solution during the third term of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led NDA government at the Centre, a state minister said.

"In this new NDA government led by Prime Minister Modi, the state government would love to see positive mitigation of the Naga political issue," Nagaland government spokesperson and Tourism and Higher Education Minister Temjen Imna said on Thursday. Along.

He said the Nagas should be assertive to help build confidence in the state government and also the central government to join hands with the Naga political groups that are in talks with the Center to find a solution to the decades-old Naga problem.

"In order to solve this, we all have to unite and that has to be done first because it cannot be resolved without sitting down to talk," he stated.

The Nagaland government has constituted a 'Political Affairs Committee' (PAC) comprising ministers and legislative party leaders of all political parties in the state Assembly to find an inclusive solution to the Naga political issue.

"The state government is committed to ensuring that our people have lasting peace for development and progress," he said.

The Center and NSCN-IM signed a ceasefire agreement in 1997 and initiated dialogue to find a solution to the Naga issue, while both sides signed the Framework Agreement in 2015.

The central government also initiated a separate dialogue with the Working Committee of Naga National Political Groups (WC NNPG) in 2017 and also signed the Agreed Position the same year.

However, there has been no solution till date as the Center rejects the NSCN-IM's constant demand for a separate flag and constitution for the Naga people and integration of all Naga inhabited areas under one umbrella.

When asked about the differences emerging within the People's Democratic Alliance (PDA), a pre-poll association between the Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP) and the BJP following the debacle in the Lok Sabha elections, he said : "The PDA is intact."

"It is just the presumption and assumption of many critics, but in politics a lot happens, but the core value of PDA is always strong and it will continue to provide stability and good governance to the extent possible to the people of Nagaland," he said. .

NDPP candidate Chumben Murry lost in the recent Lok Sabha polls to Congress's S. Supongmeren Jamir.

"In every election one issue or the other arises but the PDA alliance under the leadership of Chief Minister Rio and Deputy Chief Ministers Y Patton of the BJP and T R Zeliang of the NDPP have an agenda and the agenda is Nagaland," he said.