India, March 6 -- Nagaland chief minister Neiphiu Rio on Thursday termed the Centre's decision --- fence the Indo-Myanmar border, restrict the Free Movement Regime (FMR) along the border and re-impose the Protected Area Permit (PAP) in the northeastern states including Nagaland --- as "very serious".

Speaking at the ongoing budget session, Rio expressed dismay on the silence of the Union home ministry even after the state government had, on multiple occasions, appealed to it to reconsider its decisions citing the implications they would have on the Naga people.

Rio proposed that the state assembly adopt a fresh resolution on the matter so that the sense of all the 60 representatives of the people collectively can reach the Centre.

The ...