Zeliang says BEFR & ILP are not  enough to protect Naga people

DIMAPUR, DECEMBER 4 (MExN): Leader of the Opposition, TR Zeliang has stated that Naga people are not protected unless a particular word like ‘exemption’ or ‘exempted’ is incorporated as a Special Clause in the final draft of the CABill before passing it in Parliament. 


Speaking during Union Home Minister, Amit Shah’s consultation with political parties from the Nagaland in New Delhi on December 3, Zeliang appreciated Shah’s October declaration that a Special Clause would be incorporated in the CAB in order to protect the interest of NE States. 


He however said that the Bengal Eastern Frontier Regulation Act, 1873 and the Inner Line Permit regulations (ILP) would not be sufficient on their own to control the random influx of illegal immigrants, particularly from Bangladesh, into NE States like Nagaland.