Dimapur, July 27 (MExN): Seven daily newspapers published from Nagaland State have stated that they have “no official relationship” with the Newspaper Association of India (NAI), Nagaland Chapter.
The three vernacular and four English newspapers— Tir Yimyim, Capi, Ao Milen, Nagaland Page, Nagaland Post, Eastern Mirror and The Morung Express—made a public statement today clarifying why they do not have “any relationship” with the NAI-Nagaland Chapter.
“Being an association of newspapers it would have been prudent on the NAI’s part to have consulted with the newspapers in Nagaland while exploring possibilities of opening a Nagaland Chapter. Unfortunately, this did not happen,” noted the statement.
The newspapers stated that they are aware of and understand the NAI’s objectives to encourage, develop, promote and improve regional local newspapers throughout the country.
However, since none of the NAI-Nagaland Chapter members are presently associated with any of the seven newspapers and thus “cannot claim to represent” them, the newspapers asserted that they “are neither liable nor responsible for the actions and activities” of the Chapter.
The newspapers further maintained that “no organization or group, including the NAI-Nagaland Chapter, has the right to represent the interests and welfare of the newspapers in Nagaland without due consultation and expressed written consent given by the newspapers.”
