DIMAPUR, JULY 3 (MExN): The Joint Coordination Committee (JCC) and the Nagaland Tribes Action Committee (NTAC) have expressed dismay at the casual attitude of the Nagaland State Government for not paying any attention to the former’s representations for revocation of the resolution dated November 24, 2016 passed by the Nagaland Legislative Assembly in connection with holding of Urban Local Bodies Election with 33% Women Reservation.
The two bodies had also demanded for suitable amendment of the Nagaland Municipal Act, 2001, by safeguarding the rights conferred under Article 371A of the Constitution of India. Besides the two representations, dated March 18, 2017 and May 18, 2017, a co-ordination meeting of the Cabinet Sub Committee, JCC and NTAC was held on April 22, 2017 at Hotel Saramati, Dimapur and had elaborate deliberations on all the issues and appraised the Cabinet Sub Committee to take up the matter with all seriousness with the Government of Nagaland at the earliest.
“Inspite of the representations, the Government has turned a deaf ear and left the matter unattended,” they lamented in a press note today. In view of the “casual attitude” of the government in resolving the issue, the JCC and the NTAC expressed serious concern and resentment and reminded the government that the issue will not be resolved by delaying the matter but may “aggravate the situation.”
The JCC and the NTAC further reminded the Government that their “considerate reasoning and patience should not be taken for granted as their weakness.” “On consideration of the entire aspect of the matter,” the JCC and the NTAC submitted this reminder to the Chief Minister and demanded prompt action so as to resolve the issue in the interest of all concerned.
