Renponi Lotha
1. Like the game of the Musical chair, the long ongoing music finally stopped this time at the CM’s chair. Even 5 years remains less for some leaders to work, hope the short tenure provides sufficient time for the Three Chief Ministers to render full service if not, it’s a big loss for the state. Apply equal yardstick to all in future too.
2. The problems of the citizens are many. Chaos and Mobocracy (as some puts) may outburst in the street again hence, please use more than 15 minutes in the Assembly next time.
3 .Women’s participation in politics is less not totally because of the Menfolks discrimination as claimed. Many common women considers politics as a ‘Dirty game’ which only men can and should play and very often says, ‘politics dey thaka maiki khan tho theek nathakibo’. Many, if not all limits Politics only for the Big Election day. They become active to be ‘Money Distributing Hand bags’ and then cease doing any grassroot level developmental activities for women empowerment later. Many women who casted Proxy votes or sold their own votes often claims,’ Am not interested in Dirty Politics’ and acts holy without counting their own little contribution. Capable and Sincere men too finds it difficult to contest without Resources and we have many such men around too. Men also do not have all the opportunity to enter politics just because they are men. So long as we do not have Clean Election, Capable men and women alike will have less opportunity. We must first start having Clean Election and women should also empower each other more in this field. Otherwise, even after having women wing in every political parties the participation will be less.
4. The status of a Goan Burah is highly prestigious in Naga context .Where there no Naga men capable enough to be a Goan Burah in that locality when selection was made that we have Non Naga GBs also? Can any one of us become a Sarpanch, Goan Burah or Chieftain in any village of the Indian state without a question? If Non Naga GBs multiply than will it not affect our custom and tradition in future?
5. What the Burkha Clad, triple talak, dowry, early marriage of Girl Child ,Infanticide of Girl Child etc states has adopted may not be necessarily be demanded here also .It will be like taking medicine for Cancer just because the medicine is free, effective and taken by other Cancer patients while we have Diabetic. Reservation of party tickets for women is also one option.
6. Portraying our society as a total Gender Discrimination state to the world was not healthy either, especially when many women didn’t feel that way and were cooperating in the Bandh. When the husband or wife reports the fault of each other randomly in the open market always in the heat of the moment, it is the Family that is degraded as a whole and not the other person alone whose fault is reported. Unless Divorce is not the agenda, one must be thoughtful of the Family’s image also.
7. Nagas are becoming mere Paper holding Land owners, in reality it is the Non Nagas who has grabbed the opportunity of the land. The economy of the market no longer lies in our hands. We Nagas, finds it almost next to impossible to get a good space in the prime location of the markets and many Nagas gives preference to accommodate Non Nagas over their own Naga brethrens. From Rag pickers to the wealthiest, everyone has grabbed their opportunity in our land while we Nagas slumber with pride even when Deficit and unemployment is alarming. I Wonder what beauty such Glorious sounding Article 371 A that protects our land has, when we act opposite of it and deprive ourselves from the opportunities of our land. It is hypocrisy if you preach about Article 371 A and harbour Illegal immigrants in your land also at the same time. Your act of keeping them in your land is also a dangerous threat to our land and identity. Worse still, is using Non Nagas to collect tax in the platform of the NPGs as though our ancestors owed them anything that entitled them to be tax collectors here but we created no drama over it or rather, chose not to create.
8. Non Nagas dare everything illegal under the nose of the Nagas but apart from grumbling at the comfort of our home over a cup of black tea, we do nothing as seen in the Fuel Adulteration and PDS Rice Scam. No issue is less or ignorable issue that doesn’t needs unity and concern as shown in this Reservation Issue. In other social issues also Concerned citizens should maintain the same standard of unity, dedication and co operation as shown in this UlB Issue and not be selective supporters of selective issues. It is this habit of selective support to selective issues that weakens the fight in other social evils. Also the repeated use of ‘Non Nagas ‘should not be misinterpreted as a racist remark.
9. Assam’s NRC Process detected and send back thousands of suspicious Birth Certificates of people from Karimganj, Hojai, Nagaon, Morigaon and Barpeta etc who shares no geographical boundary with Dimapur. One Inzamul Talukdar could challenge your kids in the court and take the MBBS quota, let us await for all of them to become Indigenous citizens of Nagaland in future and take away more precious Quotas again from our children. Sadly, Presence of your own Naga Mothers, sisters and wives in decision making found more protest than the MBBS quota by a Non Naga .
10. In Nagaland, Written Assurance/ Agreement hold no weigthage. The Written Assurance to the Nagaland Sarva Shikhsha Abhiyan Teachers Association (NSSATA) to pay regular salary also became ineffective from the very month of signing in November.
11. Internet means only Facebook, Tweeter and Whatsapp in Nagaland. The fear of spreading wrong news or opinions became more important than the fact that Internet serves as the base of many different works without which we have faced a lot of trouble and incurred loss also. By the way, Did the bandh of internet service stopped people from communicating for the bandh in any way?
12 .Next election may we all choose Exodus 18:21 and vote. If the new purple note, vehicles, backdoor jobs or contracts etc bought your votes than let us complain no more. Corrupted Voters begets corrupted leaders only. Kuknalim!
