Kohima, February 5 (MExN): The Nagaland Tribes Action Committee (NTAC), Kohima, has expressed shock over the decision of the Nagaland State Legislative Assembly Cabinet to submit a memorandum to the Prime Minister of India to “amend Part IX-A” of the Constitution of India.
“The Nagaland Assembly, being empowered by the constitution, has been using the Article 371(A) to enact laws like the Nagaland Municipal Act 2001 and other Laws. Using the same power it has been amending them as well,” reminded a press release from the NTAC Convenor KT Vilie and Secretary CT Jamir.
They found shocking that these facts have been ‘forgotten’, instead calling for an amendment to Part IX-A of the Constitution of India. “This move of the Cabinet is sheer mockery of the State Assembly itself, the Democracy of the State and the people of the State in general,” stated the NTAC.
Maintaining that this decision is a “total sell out” of the Article 371 (A) of the Constitution, the NTAC felt that this “confirms” the “urgency of the demand for Chief Minister’s resignation before further damage to the State is committed.”
Meanwhile, the Committee appealed to all “government servants” and the “general public” to continue to extend their “co-operation” to the “on-going people’s movement” till “normalcy” is attained through the NTAC’s “non-negotiable demand for justice from the Government of the day.”
