DIMAPUR, NOVEMBER 24 (MExN): The Nagaland Tribes Council (NTC) has issued a statement with regard to the move to form a new apex tribal body of Nagaland. A press release from the NTC media cell said that the as per the working papers and write-up available in the print and social media regarding the structure of this body, “one of the hidden agendas of state government for population migration without territorial integration (is) thus finally exposed.” It meanwhile said that “should there be a Nagaland Tribal Apex Body under Nagaland Village and Tribal Council Act 1978 as amended up to 2022 and function under the direction of the government, the functioning of non-political and non-governmental Organization as that of The Nagaland Tribes Council (NTC) will not be deterred howsoever.”
