CSOs sit-in protest, phase-wise agitation till govt revokes Sep 7 notice
Morung Express News
Dimapur | October 9
Even as the Nagaland state government put on hold an earlier directive to relocate certain administrative cells to the new Dimapur Deputy Commissioner’s office complex in 7th Mile, Chümoukedima, the Core Committee of the Civil Society Organisations reiterated its demand to revoke/cancel the Home Department notification of September 7, 2021.
The Core Committee started a sit-in protest outside the DC’s office today reiterating the demand.
“Until and unless the government responds to us officially through a notification regarding the cancellation of the order dated 7/9/2021 our agitation will continue,” the spokesperson of the Core Committee told the media today at the protest venue.
The spokesperson, who did not wish to be named, informed that it would be a phase-wise agitation and that they would wait for response from the government till October 11.
On the prospect of dialogue across the table towards an amicable end to the standoff, he said that the Committee would welcome any move from the government for a seating. “It our duty to show resentment and it is the prerogative of the government to invite us, to listen to the voice, to sit across the table and discuss which we are expecting but the government is irresponsive in this matter,” he said.
In the event the government does not respond by October 11, he added that the Committee will be discussing an “action plan” to carry the agitation forward.
