ACAUT Nagaland lauds newspapers’ decision in support of ‘Clean Election’ campaign
Dimapur, November 23 (MExN): ACAUT Nagaland today acknowledged that the Naga people’s fight for “Clean Election” got the most vital boost from the print media with the decision of the editors of seven newspapers of Nagaland not to publish any advertisements or news material by village councils or non-political organizations that seek to declare their support for any particular candidate.
“The media is the backbone of social change and such a decision should lead to further popular upsurge against the present electoral trend in the state where purchased mandate has become the norm. In the war against electoral malpractice, where everyone is a stakeholder, the NBCC’s ‘Clean Election Campaign’ has received a much needed shot in the arm,” stated a press statement from Media Cell, ACAUT Nagaland.
The statement informed that the ACAUT too has written to the Chairman of all the 1200 odd villages in the state to shun electoral malpractice and to collectively clean up the 4,00,000 bogus electorate - as admitted by the ECI on September 28.
The ACAUT Nagaland further lauded the print media for their “wise decision” in support of the clean election initiative and “we reckon that this could be a turning point in the war against electoral malpractice.”
