Our Correspondent
Kohima | June 14
The Central Executive Council of the Naga People’s Front (NPF) in its meeting held today urged the Nagaland Government to apprise the centre towards desisting from imposing restrictions on the dietary habits of people.
It asked that the centre ensure that the culinary preferences of the Naga people, along with their social, traditional, religious or customary practices are not infringed upon by any unilateral decision of the Central Government.
The meeting urged the state government to constitute a Consultative Committee comprising of legal luminaries and invite all tribal bodies/ NGOs to solicit their views and opinions on the Nagaland Municipal Act and till elections to the Urban Local Bodies are held, to set up Advisory Committees in all the Urban Local Bodies so as to ensure that proper administration and supervision of civic activities in these ULBs are handled by local leaders.
It also resolved to request the Chief Election Commissioner, Election Commission of India to expedite the process of holding bye elections to the vacant seat of 10 Northern Angami I Assembly Constituency considering the crucial stage of the Naga political dialogue and the need for a strong and stable government in the state.
The CEC of the NPF Central also placed on record its appreciation to the Chief Minister and Party President Dr Shurhozelie Liezietsu for issuing a clarion call to the Naga people in his condolence message on Khaplang’s death to rally together with renewed vigour and determination to find a solution to the Naga political problem which is honourable and acceptable to all stakeholders.
In this regard, the CEC appealed to all sections of the Naga people, especially the NSCN (K) leaders to heed to the call of the veteran leader, renounce violence of all forms and resume the peace process with the Government of India without any further delay.
It further termed the reaction of certain sections of national media to the CM’s condolence message as indicative of their “ignorance to the ground realities prevailing here in the far northeastern part of the country where people want cessation of violence and beginning of a new era of peace, harmony and progress.”
The meeting also acknowledged Khriehu Liezietsu for vacating his seat, paving way for the Chief Minister to contest in the bye election. It further noted that the party-led DAN Government had inducted a record number of party functionaries into the Government at various capacities and levels.
The CEC also informed that the rank and file of the NPF Manipur State Unit had worked hard to return four of the party’s candidates successfully to the Assembly thereby ensuring a stable Government in the State of Manipur. It expressed happiness that the Manipur Chief Minister, N Biren Singh had inducted all the four NPF MLAs into his Government.
“The present leadership in Manipur government has walked the extra mile to bring all sections of the society together and to march forward in peace and harmony through all-round development. This gesture of the ruling dispensation is widely appreciated and the CEC calls for equal reciprocation by the people of the Hills districts,” the resolution stated.
