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Vol XXXII No. 276

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Shah to be given July 16 resolution

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SEP 9 (NPN): Though unconfirmed, yet reliable sources, privy to political decisions, have informed Nagaland Post that the July 16, 2022 resolution adopted by the Core Committee on Naga Political Issue (CCoNPI) has yet to be officially communicated to the Centre.

It may be recalled that on July 16, the CCoNPI adopted a four-point resolution that was a marked departure from the past which came against the backdrop of mounting resentment by public and opposition parties at the manner the ruling coalition has been ‘shadow boxing’ and disinclined to tell the government of India the facts on the ground.

The 4-point CCoNPI resolution finally admitted (No.3) that “since the talks has been concluded officially on 31st October 2019, the Hon’ble Prime Minister and the Hon’ble Union Home Minister is urged upon to invite the NSCN (IM) leaders for an early conclusion.” (Though then Interlocutor R.N. Ravi who was involved in negotiations had stated several times, that talks have concluded and even mentioned it in his address to the NLA on February 12, 2021; yet the PDA government and then UDA continued to insist that talks were on.)

Next, the resolution also appealed to the negotiating parties “to refer to the competencies as reflected in the Framework Agreement of 3rd August 2015 signed between the Government of India and the NSCN-IM to arrive at a mutually acceptable definition of competencies to resolve this contentious issue at the earliest, and bring about a final solution that is honourable, acceptable and inclusive.”

CCoNPI delega tion led by chief minister Neiphiu Rio, co-convenors-- deputy CM Y. Patton, UDA chairman T.R. Zeliang and UDA co-chairman Kuzholuzo Neinu– had met government of India’s Representative to Naga Political Issue A.K. Mishra on September 8.

Sources told Nagaland Post that a copy of the four-point resolution was also handed to AK Mishra during the meeting held on Thursday at Nagaland House, Delhi. CCoNPI was to meet Union home minister Amit Shah on September 9 but as latter was preoccupied with other programmes, the committee members are likely to meet Shah on September 12, sources said. On meeting Shah, the CCoNPI is expected to hand over a copy of the July 16 resolution.

It may be recalled that chief minister Rio on August 12 had informed mediapersons, that after the July 16 resolution was adopted, he had met with Union Home minister Amit Shah, Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and government of India’s representative to Naga political issue, A.K. Mishra.

Flag & constitution:

The insistence on Naga flag and Yehabo (Naga constitution) in the agreement, has temporarily stalled finalisation for inking solution.

A recent report in a national news media that Centre has agreed to the demands has sharply contradicted the stand of the government of India.

Reacting to the report that Centre is agreeing to incorporate Naga constitution into the Indian constitution and allow Naga flag to be used for civil and cultural purpose, a CCoNPI member said it was nothing new.

(Cont’d on p-8)

State mourning in memory of Queen Elizabeth II

DIMAPUR, SEP 9 (NPN):

Government of India has declared one day of state mourning on September 11 (Sunday) as a mark of respect to Britain’s Queen Elizabeth-II who passed away on Thursday.

“As a mark of respect to the departed dignitary, the government of India has decided that there will be one-day state mourning on September 11 throughout India,” an official statement said.

The national flag will be flown at half-mast on the day of mourning throughout India on all buildings where the national flag is flown regularly and there will be no official entertainment on the day, it said.

In this regard, State home department has also issued circular to all districts to observe one day State mourning across Nagaland.

Nitish Kumar to arrive on October 11

Staff Reporter

DIMAPUR, SEP 9 (NPN):

Janata Dal (United) supremo and Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar is scheduled to arrive Nagaland on October 11. This was stated by JDU Nagaland unit general secretary Imsumongba Pongen at a press conference here on Friday.

He said Kumar would visit the State to attend All Nagaland Bihari Conference (ALBC) scheduled that day at Dimapur District Sports Complex (DDSC) here. He mentioned that the first-of-its-kind conference organised by Nagaland Bihari Samaj, Bihari Kalyan Samiti and Matri Foundation, Nagaland would be sponsored by JDU Nagaland to commemorate the 120th birth anniversary of Jaya Prakash Narayan, commonly referred to as JP.

Pongen further stated the conference was being organised to also acknowledge the contribution of Biharis in the political and economic spheres of lives in Nagaland ever since the days of JP, who came all the way from Bihar to work for peace in Nagaland. “This goes on to prove that it was the Biharis who had first contributed to the cause of the Nagas,” he added.

He asserted that it was the Biharis like JP who had first showed love and concern for Nagas, adding that it was now the turn for Nagas to acknowledge the community. He informed the media that Kumar was now travelling all over India to strengthen the Mahagathbandhan, a coalition of opposition parties that sought to take on BJP and its allies.

Asked if Kumar would be meeting opposition parties in Nagaland too to strengthen Mahagathbandhan, JDU Nagaland president Senchumo Lotha clarified that ALBC was apolitical and that JDU was just sponsoring it.

He said the Bihar chief minister’s visit would be purely non-political and he would not meet representative of any political party, adding that he would be returning the same day itself.

JDU State unit functionaries addressing the media, Friday. (NP)

(Cont’d on p-8)

NSSB begins recruitment for over 600 posts

DIMAPUR, SEP 9 (NPN): Nagaland Staff Selection Board (NSSB) has invited online applications for several posts (Pay matrix level 4 to 7) in various departments.

As per the advertisement (See Advt on p-10), the recruitment will be held for over 600 vacancies in various departments. The highest number of vacancies (52 posts) were for Undergraduate Hindi Teacher (Level-5) under School Education department followed by 41 posts of LDA-cum-Computer Assistant (District) under PHE department and 37 posts of Physical Education Teacher under School Education department. Night curfew along border

DIMAPUR, SEP 9 (NPN):

As a precautionary measure to prevent unlawful activities along Assam/Nagaland border in the belt of Sivasagar district, the additional district magistrate Sivasagar, Assam has reinforced night curfew from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. in the 5 km belt in Assam side of Sivasagar district bordering Nagaland with effect from August 6, for a period of 60 days.

According to DIPR, movement of any person/ groups, any vehicular traffic during the period of night curfew is prohibited.

However, magistrate, Army, CRPF, Police, and civil officials deployed on duty have been exempted from the purview of the prohibitory order.

This is it! Kaito hopes for NE-specific infra development policy SVC displeased over ‘intrusion’

DIMAPUR, SEP 9 (NPN): Minister for agriculture G Kaito Aye, asserted that the consecutive Five-Year Plans targeted towards infrastructure development did little to create any tangible infrastructure development owing to the remoteness and political unrest in Nagaland.

Speaking at the twoday National Conference of State Cooperation Ministers in Delhi, Kaito said this was the main reason why Nagaland in particular and the North Eastern region in general lag behind in infrastructure development and also hardly have any cooperative institute or organization of repute from the region.

G. Kaito Aye speaking at the two-day national conference.

Kaito Aye exuded confidence that the conference would open avenues for a special policy for the North Eastern Region especially focussing on cooperative infrastructure development and creation of organic value chain for agri and horticulture products.

He highlighted an area that needed immediate attention such as Dairy sector. Kaito informed that there were only three district-level Milk Unions and the rest of the 13 districts did not have any dairy infrastructure.

The minister said that the absence of support for dairy activities has affected economic growth of the cattle farmers and were lagging behind their counterparts though there were so much potential to invest in dairy development in the state.

He said in Nagaland, the introduction of Cooperatives has been relatively late as compared to other parts of the country. He said 70% of the state population were into agriculture with low income and limited resources, so the importance of the role of cooperative sector cannot be more evident.

He said state government has always taken a proactive role in development of Cooperative movement in the state. In the recent years, Kaito said Nagaland government has taken advantage of the social capital and has initiated One Village, One Cooperative Society, where each household was represented in the cooperative society.

He said the society was the economic counterpart of the village panchayat, and provides all credit and non-credit services to its members.

Further, the minister said the National Cooperative Development Corporation (NCDC) has been the only consistent development partner in the State and has played a part in filling-in the financial gaps.

(Cont’d on p-8) DIMAPUR, SEP 9 (NPN):

Sovima Village Council (SVC) has expressed displeasure over the Central Nagaland Students Association (CNSA) intruding into its jurisdiction and putting up posters and banners “without having the courtesy or decency of giving prior information or taking permission of the Council.”

SVC secretary Ruokuosilie Rupreo reminded that every Naga village has an appropriate and lawful authority established under Nagaland Village & Area Councils Act, 1978, looking after the welfare and wellbeing of the village with a set of conventions and traditions.

SVC said it was only in the fitness of things that guests and visitors to every Naga village bestow due honour and regard to the village authorities before embarking on any activity within the premises of that village. It stated that failure to do so would be construed as an insult and undermining the village authority.

SVC, therefore, urged every individual or organisation to respect the sanctity of Naga villages so that unnecessary acrimony did not arise as “Nagas look forward to an early solution to our political problem and restoration of peace, normalcy and harmony in our society.”

12-hr ‘shutter down’ in Mon town peaceful Landowners, pattadars petition CM over land occupation by army

Mon town wears a deserted look during the ‘shutter down’ protest (R) KU unit during the meeting with business owners. DIMAPUR, SEP 9 (NPN):

The 12-hour ‘shutter down’ on Friday in Mon town, called by Mon civil society groups under the aegis of Konyak Union Mon Unit, passed off peacefully.

All shops remained closed and public transport was off the roads. A joint meeting of Konyak Union Mon unit, civil society groups and business owners were held during which several resolutions were adopted. Informing this in a press note, KU Mon unit president Kaiyan Toalem and general secretary Nokhreih Ünok SN said that the house resolved no demands will be made from any business establishments or commercial vehicle by any individual, groups or societies, with effect from September 9. Anyone violating the directive will be dealt with strictly by the Mon Block civil societies and the case would be referred to the competent authority for necessary action. The shutter down was called in protest against rampant extortion demands, donations and harassments faced by businessmen.

DIMAPUR, SEP 9 (NPN):

Landowners/pattadars, whose lands are under army occupation here, have petitioned chief minister Neiphiu Rio to personally intervene in the matter and do justice to them at the earliest. In a memorandum to the chief minister, forum’s president Kvuchilo Thong and secretary Ajao Kense claimed that they had been writing to DC Dimapur for a number of years seeking action and had also submitted list of pattadars as directed. They lamented that the matter had been delayed for so long. They expressed dismay that the joint survey conducted by the army, defence estate and Dimapur district administration in 2019 had not been approved till date. They said the landowners/pattadars had been peacefully and hopefully waiting for justice and handing over their land to them. The duo claimed that the forum had been cooperating with the State government, adding that they were disappointed to see the prolonged delay on the matter. “We believe reasonably that there should not be any problem that cannot be tallied in connection with army occupied land cited above. We strongly feel that it is high time that all the necessary procedures and formalities should have been completed and handed over by now,” the memorandum stated.

They hoped that the chief minister’s personal intervention would lead to positive outcome, while committing to fully support his leadership in every possible way if justice was done.

Staff Reporter DIMAPUR, SEP 9 (NPN):

Nagaland chief minister Neiphiu Rio on Friday held discussions with the Centre on oil exploration and railway connectivity in the State.

After meeting Union Minister for Housing and Urban Affairs and Petroleum and Natural Gas Hardeep Singh Puri, Rio took to twitter and said: “We had a very positive discussion on resuming petroleum E&P (Exploration & Production) activities in Nagaland, and other developmental issues.”

Rio, accompanied by minister Neiba Kronu, also

Vision India holds ‘Gospel Torch Relay’ in Dimapur Rio takes up railways, oil Staff Reporter exploration issues with GoI DIMAPUR, SEP 9 (NPN): To commemorate the celebration of 150 years of Christianity in Nagaland and celebrate the life of Rev. Dr. Edward Winter Clark, the missionary who brought Christianity to the Naga hills, the Vision India (VI), an interdenominational mincalled on Union Railways, Communication, Electronics & IT minister Ashwini Vaishnaw at Railway Bhavan and discussed about railway connectivity. “Grateful to him (Vaishnaw) for his prompt response, understanding & continued support to Nagaland in our endeavour to istry dedicated to the Great provide better connectivity Commission, organised its to the State,” Rio said in a third Gospel Torch Relay in nator for gospel torch relays tweet. Dimapur on Friday. of India, Rev. Pastor Amit On September 8, the

As part of the torch re- Aryan, stated that it was a chief minister also called lay, a bike rally was taken out historical moment as the Vi- on Union Minister for Culfrom Dimapur Ao Baptist sion India has “decided to ture, Tourism and DoNER, Arogo guest house and cul- develop nation builders from where both the sides held a minated at Dimapur Airport. the youth.” “fruitful and positive meetSpeaking at brief programme In order to develop up- ing on the developmental outside the Airport, coordi- coming generation of nation needs of Nagaland.”

builders, Rev. Aryan said one has to know the history and rich legacy of nation builders that the nation has had. In this regard, he reminded the gathering about the life of St Thomas, who arrived India in AD52 to preach the Gospel. Rev. Aryan said that light of the Gospel came to Naga Hills 150 years ago. However, he said that the light of gospel reached India not because of just Britishers or Americans, but because of Thomas the Apostle. He stated that the Vision India also celebrated

the life of Pandita Ramabi, who arrived in Kolkata in the late 1800s and early 1900s to spread the gospel. Further, Rev.Aryan said that the Vision India was also celebrating the achievements and works by William Carey and Sadhu Sundar Singh, and urged all to be torch bearers of the good news. Meanwhile, Bishop, (L) Bikers taking out rally in Dimapur (R) Bishop Daniel Ponraj holding ‘Gospel Torch’ at Dimapur Airport. (NP) Daniel Ponraj, also delivered a short speech on how villagers of Molungkimong received the torch and set up the first Baptist Church in Naga Hills. Earlier, the programme was chaired by BYFD president, pastor Belanthung and special number by Dimapur Molungkimong Union.