DIMAPUR, NOVEMBER 4 (MExN): The Nagaland Law Students’ Federation (NLSF) today said that it has lost faith in the system, being witness to “zero development, poor roads and epidemic unemployment and on top of that internal squabbling.”
“We want a stable government where students’ welfare is given utmost importance and overall development creating avenues for the youth,” a press note from the NLSF stated, while specifically pointing to the present scholarship disbursement imbroglio.
“The ministry has already sanctioned an amount of Rs.1344 lakhs on December 28, 2016…Then why the delay?” it questioned. The NLSF concluded that the reasons are either due to the inefficiency and unprofessional conduct of the department or diversion or misappropriation of fund.
“Why dirty the students' future because of deficiency and corrupt system? Why stoop so low to grab on the rights of the students scholarship?” the NLSF asked. “We don’t want a ‘breakfast’ meeting, we need a ‘picnic’ of freedom and our rights prevail,” the NLSF asserted.
In reference to the upcoming state polls scheduled for next year, the NLSF stated: “We do not need old horse nagging in the depilated farm, we seek young stallion to charge and lead us toward the future. Let the ‘revolving chair’ be for the welfare and nation building. Don’t take us for granted, even sturdy governments change and fall.”
The federation expressed dismay at the lackadaisical attitude of the state government and informed that it would no longer submit memorandums but approach the courts for rights. The NLSF informed that it is pursuing the issue rigorously and “will strike at the right time according to the procedure of the law.”
“Accumulation of concrete facts and evidences are in process through RTI and through various reliable sources and therefore sooner or later if any unaccountability or complacency is detected, it will be laid before the court of law where defaulters are exemplary punished and rights prevail in the court of law,” the federation said.
“Our state is in a mess and we will sweep it,” it affirmed. The NLSF further assured cooperation to any central national investigating agency in efforts to “cleaning the unwanted mess in any machinery/department of the state.”
