DIMAPUR, APRIL 6 (MExN): The Naga Mothers’ Association (NMA) today alleged that its members were stopped by the State Government from meeting the German Consul General Manfred Auster at Hotel De Oriental Grand Kohima on April 6.
A press release from the NMA informed that tits members arrived at the invitation of the office of the German Consul General that had sought a meeting some weeks back on March 21. The NMA informed that it had met with the German Consul General at Hotel Vivor during the last Hornbill Festival.
However, on April 6, the NMA stated that “dozens of plain clothes policemen and police women awaited the six member delegation, refusing entry beyond the lobby and informing that they have been ordered to stop them meeting the German Consul General.”
“They refused to let the women enter the restaurant even for a cup of tea while waiting. Then the Additional Superintendent of Police rushed into the hotel and conveyed that if the NMA wanted to meet the German Consul General they would have to go and meet the Home Department or the top police officials,” the NMA alleged.
The members refused as they had been invited for the meeting and had not sought any appointment. Finally the German Consul General Manfred Auster himself came to the lobby, “apologising for the government obstruction to the meeting,” the NMA informed. It said that the association was able to “share our various concerns on the situation in the state, standing in the hotel lobby, surrounded by police and G20 staff.”
The NMA condemned the “high handed repressive action” of the top authority of the State Government, and placed on record its resentment at the “disrespect shown to the women delegations which consisted of the former members of the State Women Commission.”
The NMA said that it was supposed to discuss further on a project for women which had been shared with the Consul General last December. “If this is the way the State government treats foreign country top leaders and stops discussions for investments and grants, what is the real purpose of the hosting the G20 and B20 Summits in the state?” the NMA questioned.
