DIMAPUR, AUGUST 11 (MExN): The Western Sumi Hoho (WSH) has proposed that before the guidelines and modalities of Register of Indigenous Inhabitants of Nagaland (RIIN) are implemented, a proper case study of all the sixteen recognized tribes settled in different districts be done in order to avoid any loopholes or misunderstandings aftermath.
A press release issued by WSH president Dr Khakheto Zhimomi and general secretary Kisheto Chishi felt that the sixteen recognized tribes of Nagaland should not be made mandatory to bring their indigenous certificates from their native villages as these tribes are already recognised and indigenous inhabitants of the state.
The WSH also reminded that since the state government has assured that no decision will be discriminatory or in contravention to the interest of the people or any community, it expects that all will be done in a fair manner by the commission.
It stated that a community settled anywhere in Nagaland post 1963 is still a bonafide Nagaland citizen in that particular area. So there should not be any question of acquiring certificates from their ancestral villages.
Since the commission will study, examine, recommend and give advice on all issues to chalk out the modalities for the conduct of exercise pertaining to RIIN, any step detrimental to these settlers from our own state be avoided which will invite unpleasant repercussions amongst us, it further stated.
The WSH pointed out that thousands of families and villages belonging to the sixteen Nagaland had settled all over the state post 1963 due to several reasons, the WSH once again appealed the government to seriously study history and facts in order to avoid any negative ramification during the process.
