MOKOKCHUNG, APRIL 15 (MExN): The Ao Senden has condemned what it termed as the “inappropriate action” of the Assam Police in “arbitrarily preventing Naga voters from voting in the Lok Sabha election in 59 Tamlu A/C, Tamlu.” A press note from the Ao Senden stated that 49 A/C Tamlu falls within Ladiagarh Tamlu of Longleng District and asserted that “it is an ancestral Naga land.” “However, it’s easy proximity with Assam had given undue advantage to Assam Police and other third forces to often illegally infringe, disrupting the peaceful co-existence and development of the region,” it stated. Ao Senden said that such acts “bring mistrust and disunity among the people of Nagaland and Assam.” It called upon the people in border areas to refrain from undemocratic actions but to restore traditional understanding and resolve the issue through dialogue. It however stated that “various incidents in the recent past have proven the lackadaisical attitude of the state government.” It lamented that the failure to conduct elections in 49 A/C Polling station under Tamlu is “not only denial of citizen’s democratic rights but a total failure of the state machinery.”
