Member of Nagaland Legislative Assembly, Kuzholuzo (Azo) Nienu. (Photo Courtesy: @k_azonienu/Twitter)
Dimapur, June 17 (MExN): The Member Legislative Assembly (MLA) Kuzholuzo (Azo) Nienu today stated that while there would be definitely “challenges and oppositions from many quarters,” delaying the delimitation “is not going to solve the problem.”
“Sooner or later we must find a solution to this problem we are all entangled in,” stated the NPF legislator from 19th A/C Phek in a press release.
To this end, he noted that the process of delimitation has to be given a logical conclusion as the rest of the country had already completed the delimitation process in the year 2008 according to the recommendation of the Election Commission of India (ECI) in the year 2002.
“We Nagas as honest Christians must ensure that justice will prevail this time around in order to bring about rationality, equality among all the sixty (60) assembly constituencies,” he added.
Azo further maintained that Wokha and Phek district were the major losers when 1971 delimitation was effected, the discrepancies “at that point of time can never be forgotten though forgiven” and justice needs to be done to those districts like Wokha, Phek, Peren, Longleng, and Rengma areas by fulfilling the criteria laid by the ECI.
As delimitation is inevitable, equal and proportionate distribution of Legislative Assembly seats should be taken up in all fairness without any biasness, favouritism, nepotism or tribalism, he added,
However, he also averred that the Government of Nagaland has already rejected the 2001 census through a Cabinet decision over “grossly manipulated recording 64.41 % decadal population growth,” there is no other option but to take 2011 census for the 2020 delimitation process.
