Imphal, February 19: Even as strong opposition has been raised against the inclusion of the Lim demand in the election manifesto of the NPCC, the Senior Citizens' Forum, Tamenglong has endorsed the integration of all Naga inhabited areas under one administrative unit, reports our Jiribam correspondent.

Secretary of the Forum, D Dikambui said that the decision was adopted on February 17 this year.

Justifying the stand of the Forum, Dikambui said that the Nagas have been separated through artificial boundaries created by the British and later by the Government of India.

Since time immemorial the Nagas have been settling in their ancestral places, he asserted and added that the aspirations of the Nagas is genuine.

Dikambui also lauded the election manifesto of the Nagaland Congress, which has called for the integration of all Naga inhabited areas.