Reverend Savino and Imchalemba in their respective capacities of President and General Secretary of the NNO also signed this memorandum.
[4] In June 1980, Imchalemba, the incumbent Agriculture Minister in the Nagaland state government, and Tekuyaba from the Naga National Democratic Party tabled a resolution in the state assembly asking for the removal of the incumbent deputy speaker of the house, Rainbow Ezung.
Both Congress and the NPC traded charges against each other as influencing the Vishwanath Pratap Singh's government towards the ban.
In addition, the Nagaland state assembly passed a unanimous resolution calling for immediate lifting of the ban.
In August 1991, non-Congress MPs from Northeast India joined hands to urge the then Prime Minister P. V. Narasimha Rao to initiate steps for an early solution to the pressing economic and political problems in the region, including holding dialogue with the United Liberation Front of Asom.