The PM, while inaugurating the Indira Gandhi Stadium in Kohima on Monday, asked extremist organisations to eschew violence.
"I appeal to the misguided organisations in this region, which have taken to the path of extremism and violence, to shun that path. The Centre is willing to have talks with all those who are ready to give up the gun culture and take to the culture of dialogue and democracy."
The PM takes salute at the memorial.