Dimapur, July 4 (MExN): The Nagaland Public Rights Awareness and Action Forum (NPRAAF) will begin a phase-wise agitation to get the Department of Food & Civil Supplies (DoFCS), Government of Nagaland to take actions against backdoor appointments.
The agitation will also address issues of irregularities in PDS such as rice, wheat, kerosene etc and irregularities in the appointment system of stockists/sub-stockists and power of attorney system.
The NPRAAF also appealed to the Chief Minister, who holds charge of DoFCS, to intervene into the matter. The Information & Publicity Cell of the NPRAAF stated today that this action is being taken after the deadline given to the DoFCS on the same issues expired on July 2, with “no substantial action taken by the Department.”
Thus, the NPRAAF has decided to stage a “series of democratic and non-violent agitations in the office premises of F&CS Dimapur within a few days time.” The Forum reminded the DoFCS that the NPRAAF “will not be held responsible for any eventuality that might arise out of such democratic protest.”
Meanwhile, the NPRAAF also took “serious note” of the allegedly “unbecoming language” used by the Director of the DoFCS during a “telephonic conversation with a NPRAAF office bearer on 20th May 2016.”
According to the NPRAAF, the Director called the said NPRAAF activist on the phone and said he has taken the issue raised by NPRAAF “personally.”
“Such attitude is unbecoming of an officer heading a Department since NPRAAF is not targeting any individual but taking up the issue for the welfare of the public,” stated the Forum.
The NPRAAF has now demanded that the Director clarify why he has taken the matter “personally.” “Failure to give satisfactory clarification or public apology will compel NPRAAF to take its own course of action,” the Forum reiterated.
