DIMAPUR, MARCH 20 (MExN): The Ao Senden has rejected what it termed as the “imperious and domineering attitude” of the State Election Commission of Nagaland which on 9 March notified the election programme to conduct elections to the Municipal and Town Councils in Nagaland.
A press release from the Ao Senden said that this is “not only against the wishes of the people of Nagaland but also dictatorial in nature and therefore unacceptable.”
The Ao Senden on March 20 at its Executive Council meeting resolved to stand by the memorandum submitted to the Government of Nagaland on the matter of demand for amendment to the Nagaland Municipal Act 2001, dated May 30, 2017.
“Further, in order to protect and preserve the constitutional rights of the Naga people as enshrined in the Constitution of India, it was resolved that no ULB election will be allowed to be conducted in Ao region unless and until the Nagaland Municipal Act 2001 is amended as demanded and desired by the people,” it added.
It further informed that the Ao Senden “firmly resolved that, in the event of the ULB election being overbearingly forced upon the people in its current form, every Ao citizen shall be barred from participating in it to safeguard the greater interest and rights of the Naga people.”
