Kohima, Oct 28: The Nagaland Chief Minister, Neiphiu Rio, today urged Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee to fulfill the aspiration of Naga people to come under one administrative set-up while resolving the protracted Naga political crisis. ''The Naga people have great expectations from you. Their hope for an early resolution of the Naga political problem in accordance with the wish of different Naga tribes to live together is pinned on you and we are all ready to do our bit in strengthening your hand in this task,'' Rio told the Prime Minister at a public reception here. The Chief Minister said that if the Naga problem was settled honourably, it would have a tremendous impact on other insurgent groups in the north-east as the state is the hub of underground movements in the entire region.
It may be mentioned that the Nagaland assembly has already passed three resolutions in support of integration of all Naga-inhabited areas of the region as enunciated in the 16-point agreement in 1960.

Yesterday, thousands of Nagas from neighbouring Manipur under the aegis of Senapati-based United Naga Council and Naga People's Organisation staged ''integration march'' to Kohima to welcome Vajpayee, expressing their solidarity for the Naga integration.
Bureau Report