Kohima, April 16 (MExN): The Nagaland State Government has ordered that no conference/religious conference/ religious gatherings/ Jubilee celebrations organised by student unions, tribal bodies, churches and Non-Governmental Organisations shall be allowed “in any place which is likely to invite tension and clashes along tribal or sub-tribal lines.”
This was stated in an Office Memorandum (OM) from the Commissioner to the Nagaland State, Sentiyanger Imchen IAS, issued in pursuance of the directive of the State Cabinet Vide No. CAB-2/2013 Dated: Kohima, the 30th December 2015 and is “in partial modification” of the Commissioner’s Office OM dated 4th April 2007.
This order, which was released to the media through the DIPR was passed “in the interest of public peace and tranquility and to maintain peace and harmony between different tribes and sub-tribes of the State,” the OM stated. It also mentioned that there are some “unresolved issues and disputes” between some “tribes and sub-tribes” as a result of which there is “latent tensions and animosity” between “opposing parties.”
“Such latent tensions and animosity are accentuated and brought to the fore when conference/religious gatherings/Jubilee celebrations organized are proposed to be held in a place which is under dispute between two tribes/sub-tribes,” stated the OM by way of reasoning.
