Kohima, November 04: NSCN (I-M) general secretary Thuingaleng Muivah has threatened to end peace talks with the Centre if New Delhi fails to reach a final political settlement of the vexed Naga issue within the current spell of the ceasefire.

He said he was giving only �a few months to decide on his proposals for reaching a final political settlement, or else, the talks would break down and his fighters would return to the jungle�.

�No one should take the Nagas for granted.

This is the last tenure of ceasefire we will have with India.

Unless Delhi can reach a settlement within this date, they will have to take responsibility for breakdown of the talks,� Muivah told BBC news service from Bangkok.

The current spell of ceasefire between the Centre and NSCN (I-M) expires on January 31 but the Centre has already hinted it will be extended to carry forward the Naga peace process to arrive at an amicable settlement.

NSCN (I-M) proposals to the Centre for finding an honourable settlement to the protracted political conflict included �federal relations� with India, integration of all Naga inhabited areas, joint defence forces, acceptance of Indian currency and separate flag for 'Nagalim' among others.

�We have made some concrete proposals and then we have revised them after taking into account the limitations of the Indian Government.

�We have come down quite a bit from our demand for absolute sovereignty but if the Indians think they can just keep us on the conference table to buy time, we are not game,� Muivah said.

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