DIMAPUR, FEBRUARY 9 (MExN): Nagaland Chief Minister, TR Zeliang today explained the “ground reality” of the on-going face off between the NTAC and the Government, and the ensuing Bandh which has affected the normal day to day life, to the Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh at New Delhi this evening.
A press note from the CMO informed that the Chief Minister, accompanied by Roads and Bridges Minister Vikheho Swu, explained to the Union Home Minister in detail about how the Government, determined to fulfill the Constitutional obligation of holding polls to the ULBs, had “initiated the process after several tribal organisations expressed their support to holding of elections to the ULBs with 33% reservation of seats for women, and how these organisations took a u turn after the polls were announced.”
“Photo copies of newspaper clippings of the support declaration of these organisations were hand over to the Union Minister,” the CMO informed. The Nagaland CM also submitted details of the demands of the agitating groups and the action taken by the Government to fulfill their demands. The CMO meanwhile informed that Zeliang will return to Kohima tomorrow and is scheduled to meet several delegates of civil and tribal organisations.
