Tuensang, November 6 (MExN): The Eastern Nagaland Peoples’ Organisation (ENPO) has questioned what it termed as “targeted” personal attacks against an Eastern Nagaland officer in connection with the ongoing non-SCS IAS induction row.
In a statement, ENPO expressed deep resentment over what it alleged was the “targeted trolling, defamation and infliction of mental trauma upon one of its citizens” amid the JCC-headed agitation, stating that as a body with a moral responsibility to protect and safeguard its people, it was compelled to voice its concern.
Such moves has become personalised and has unfairly tarnished the reputation of the concerned individual, it held.
To this end, the organisation held that while the constitution guarantees the democratic right to protest, it cannot remain a silent spectator when the “move to reform had turned into destruction of one’s individual integrity, image and character assassination.”
The silence and lukewarm attitude of the State Government over the issue is also highly questionable and the citizen has every right to question and know if this “entire drama is engineered and doctored to victimise the citizen of Eastern Nagaland,” it added.
According, noting that ‘certain individuals and associations’ have gone to the extent of maligning the officer through detestable personal remarks, the ENPO demanded that the State Government apply its wisdom and bring an amicable resolution to the issue.
The ENPO said it has been closely following the IAS induction issue, which has dragged on and is now turning increasingly ugly.
Any illegality, it stated, should be addressed in the appropriate forum, adding that causing suffering to the public, who have no role in the matter, amounts to an offence against the innocent.
It further maintained that Government servants function under authorised frameworks, and therefore, targeting an individual officer by agitating groups in pursuit of their interests, instead of approaching the competent authority, is a clear case of “crossing the limit.”
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