Our Correspondent
Kohima | February 21
The 3rd session of the 13th Nagaland Legislative Assembly (NLA) today observed 2 minute silence and paid homage to the departed souls of late Imtikumzuk, former deputy speaker NLA and late K Yamakam, former member of NLA.
NLA deputy speaker Zhaleo Rio made obituary references and informed that the grief and sorrow expressed by the House will be communicated to the bereaved families.
Making obituary reference, Rio said Imtikumzuk Longkumer passed away on September 22, 2018. He was 51 and survived by his wife, one son and four daughters.
Imtikumzuk entered electoral politics in 2008. In 2013, he became an MLA for the first time. Since then, he had served as Deputy Speaker of the NLA and as a Parliamentary Secretary for Information and Public Relations in the 12th assembly.
He contested the state assembly elections 2018 on the Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party ticket and was re-elected. He was then appointed as Advisor for Excise and Sericulture till he breathed his last.
Imtikumzuk joined politics as general secretary of the ACYC in 1993; he was PS to Chief Minister, SC Jamir during 1998-2003. "In his death, the Naga people have lost a young and dynamic leader. The void created by him will be difficult to fill," Zhaleo said.
Making obituary reference on former minister and four-time MLA, K Yamakam who passed away at a private hospital in Dimapur after a brief illness, Rio said he (Yamakam) was 89 and is survived by his wife, four sons, four daughters and 19 grandchildren.
Yamakam was consecutively elected four times from 1989-2003 from 58 Shamator-Chessore assembly constituency. Hailing from Sangphur village under Tuensang district, he had served as minister of state for soil & water conservation, sericulture (1993) and minister for horticulture, sericulture, relief and rehabilitation (1998).
Besides, late Yamakam founded the Sangphur Students Union in the 1950s. He also served as an executive member in the Yimchunger Tribal Council (YTC) and later as advisor, YTC. He also served as Dobashi and later went on to become Head Dobashi in the 1970s.
The Deputy Speaker described him (Yamakam) as “a father figure and a brave statesman.”
(With DIPR input)
