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IMPHAL: The state assembly on Monday resolved to urge the Centre to ensure that the ongoing Naga peace talks do not impinge upon the territorial integrity or disrupt the present administrative setup of Manipur "The House has, time and again, passed resolutions to protect Manipur's territorial integrity since 1995," chief minister N Biren Singh told the assembly before passing the resolution. The ongoing peace talks, between the Centre and the National Socialist Council of Nagaland (Isak-Muivah), revolve around the outfit's demand for a greater Nagaland which includes Naga-inhabited areas of Manipur, Assam and Arunachal Pradesh . The stir continued in the valley districts until the Centre withdrew its decision a month later, confining the ceasefire to Nagaland. "A BJP delegation from the state visited New Delhi recently and urged Prime Minister Narenda Modi and Union home minister Rajnath Singh to not disturb the state's unity and territorial integrity. In 2001, Manipur valley was up in flames after the then NDA government had decided to extend the ceasefire between NSCN (I-M) and the Centre beyond Nagaland..