DIMAPUR, APRIL 5 (MExN): The Joint Coordination Committee (JCC) and the Nagaland Tribes Action Committee (NTAC) along with apex tribal bodies, frontal units, Naga Council Dimapur and Dimapur based civil societies had a joint meeting today. The house resolved to empower/endorse the JCC and the NTAC to conduct consultation with the Cabinet Sub Committe regarding the suspension of the former Commissioner of Police, DC Longleng and the police personnel involved in the recent ULB turmoil which led to the loss of three lives.
A press note from the JCC informed that the JCC/NTAC would decide to select/appoint one member from Nagaland civil society to the Judicial Enquiry Commission for impartial enquiry. The JCC, it added would take the initiative to constitute a committee for amendment/review of the Nagaland Municipal Act 2001. The meeting also resolved that all the apex tribal bodies shall submit opinions/suggestions on the contents and structure of the Nagaland Municipal Act 2001 to the Committee before the end of June 2017.
It further urged the state government to revoke the Nagaland Legislative Assembly resolution dated November 24, 2016 through a special assembly session.
