Dimapur, May 24 (MExN): Even as the proposed delimitation exercise has been given a stay order by the Guwahati High Court, the Ao Senden, apex tribal organization of the Ao community today, after an emergency meeting of the Senden at Mokokchung Town Hall, termed the 2001 state census as ‘bogus census’ and that the proposed delimitation of assembly constituencies in the state on the basis of the 2001 census is a violation of constitutional provisions.
A press release issued by the president of the Ao Senden, Temjenkaba stated that the Ao Senden, in its series of meetings, seriously debated on the exercise of delimitation in the state and its consequences. Also, after thorough deliberation of the matter in today’s emergency meeting at Mokokchung, seriously observed that the proposal of the Delimitation Commission of India to exercise delimitation in the state at ‘this’ juncture on the basis of 2001 census is not only against the will of the people, but an attempt violating constitutional authority. Such proposed exercise will create serious consequences in the state, the Ao Senden president cautioned.
Giving reasons for their standpoint on the 2001 census, the release stated that the Senden has found that there are anomalies in the said census; and therefore the census should not be taken as the basis for exercising delimitation in the state. The Senden further observed that the proposed exercise of delimitation on the basis of such ‘bogus census’ is a clear violation of constitutional provision. In view of the above ‘facts’, the Ao Senden is compelled to seek justice through court of law, it added.
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