November 11, 2016

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Nagaland Post www.nagalandpost.com

Vol XXVI No. 335

DIMAPUR, friday, november 11, 2016

‘Americans won’t protect us forever’, says EU chief Juncker International, Page 9

India 63/0 in reply to England’s 537

Tax dept not to hound small depositors: Jaitley

Sports, Page 11

business, Page 8

State BJP lashes out at DAN govt

State BJP delegation led by its president handing over the memorandum to Governor.

The party further pointed out that the “Vigilance Commission in the state has been rendered toothless by the recent resolution of the State Cabinet stipulating that prior approval of the chief secretary would be mandatory for any investigation”. Such decision was a clear indication of the intention of the government to prevent unbiased investigation, the BJP unit said. Reminding that the party was committed to stand and work for a corrupt free government in line with the clarion call made by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the BJP unit appealed to the Governor to intervene and take appropriate measure “for the innocent people in the state who are under the weight of this gross injustice and misgovernance”. A party member said that this memorandum would also be handed over to the Prime Minister. The last straw for the Nagaland BJP was the unceremonious manner in which its legislator Mmhonlumo Kikon was sacked as parliamentary secretary over without any reason(s) assigned.

Ind MLA Thomas reacts to CMO

5 addl judges to Gauhati HC appointed NEW DELHI, NOV 10 (PTI): Five additional judges to the Gauhati High Court were appointed tonight, taking the working strength to 18. A notification issued by the Law Ministry said Achintya Malia Bujor Barua, Kalyan Rai Surana, Prasanta Kumar Deka, Nelson Sailo and Ajit Borthakur have been appointed as additional judges for a period of two years. The new appointments are from both the bar and the bench. The Gauhati High Court has a sanctioned strength of 24 but was so far functioning with 13 judges. Once the new judges take oath, the working strength will go up to 18. Five judges were last week appointed to the Delhi High Court. The Delhi High Court has an approved strength of 60 but is functioning with 34 judges -- a shortage of 26. The government is also considering recommendations for 35 judges in Allahabad High Court, eight of which have been pending since January.

D I M A P U R , N OV 1 0 (NPN): In a significant political development that signalled the near-breaking point of the strained alliance, Nagaland BJP, a long time ally of the NPF in the DAN, has decided to speak out against what it described as “mis-governance and misdeeds of the state government” as it could no longer remain silent when people were in utter misery. This was contained in a damning representation submitted to the Nagaland Governor P.B. Acharya, state BJP president Visazolie Lhoungu, Advisor I.K.Sema, former president Dr. Chuba, State executive member Dr.Temsuwati and convenor (F&DC)

H.K.Khulu IAS (Retd) and vice president James Vizo. The signatories hit out that “corruption in the DAN government had crossed all limits” and warned that unless corrective measures were undertaken, society was being pushed to a situation where there would be no rule of law, development, vision or direction as could be evidenced by the following: This also comes a day after Nagaland Governor P.B. Acharya left no room to speak bluntly against its government, pointing out that corruption has become ubiquitous in Nagaland and that “thieves, robbers and corrupted people should be exposed.” The BJP unit, to

Trump, Obama begin transition

NNagaDAO stage protest rally in Kohima ZSU (N), KNO (N) lock

WASHINGTON, NOV 10 (AGENCIES): In a cordial beginning the transfer of power, President Barack Obama and President-elect Donald Trump met at the White House Thursday. Obama called the 90-minute meeting “excellent,” and his successor said he looked forward to receiving the outgoing president’s “counsel.” “I just had the opportunity to have an excellent conversation with President-elect Trump,” Obama said. “It was wide-ranging. We talked about some of the organizational issues in setting up the White House, we talked about foreign policy, we talked about domestic policy. And as I said last night, my number one priority in the coming two months is to facilitate a transition that ensures the president-elect is successful.” Trump spoke next, and took a respectful tone toward Obama — “I have great respect,” he said. He said that their meeting was supposed to be brief, but, it “lasted for almost an hour and a half, and as far as I’m concerned it could have gone on for a lot longer.” “We discussed a lot of different situations, some wonderful and some difficulties,” Trump continued.

This is it!

“He has money but only 500 notes. How do we get payment for all that food?” K Y M C

Correspondent KOHIMA, NOV 10 (NPN): Network of Nagaland Drugs and AIDS Organization (NNaga DAO) staged a protest rally today in Kohima against National AIDS Control organization (NACO) for non payment of works done for HIV & AIDS intervention in Nagaland. Hundreds of members took out a peaceful rally from Red Cross Building and marched to chief minister’s residence, where a memorandum was handed over to OSD to chief minister since the chief minister was out of station. The rally was part of phase-III agitation called by NNagaDAO. Rallyists carried placards some of which read “Non release of funds has scale up HIV prevalence in the state”, “Pay our rightful dues for the work done for the prevention of HIV”, “Care and support, release

back its claim, highlighted several issues. Citing the C&AG’s reports, BJP said the reports have clearly brought out “the many irregularities and rampant corruption that was prevalent in the state under the present government”. “Most of the departments like Rural Development, School Education, Medical, Social welfare, Power, Food and Civil Supply and most sector are deeply mired in unprecedented corruption resulting in various form of protest by the stakeholders which are being suppressed with false promise and even by force as in the case of recent SSA Teacher agitation,” BJP stated.

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HIV-AIDS fund”, “No pay no work”, “The future of our younger generation was at risk” etc. Interacting with media persons, NNagaDAO president, Abou Mere, said the members were resenting against non payment of salaries from last December to March 2016. He said the members who attended the rally represented more than 30,000 people, adding that if the intervention was not met then more than 30,000 people would be affected. During the last financial year, Mere said many of its members suffered due to taking loans with interest to meet their livelihood while some of its members were even asked to vacate their house owing to non payment of house rent. He expressed confidence that the state government would come to its rescue. Mere said HIV being a health issue and state sub-

ject, the state government has the obligation to protect its citizens and health. The memorandum, which was submitted to the chief minister, stated that NACO and NSACS were constantly engaged in blame game while the NGOs and the staffs continued to suffer. It appealed to the state government to take measures that prevent the third parties to exploit its citizens particularly when a person belonged to the weaker section of the community. Highlighting the issues, the memorandum said the state government has the constitutional obligation to take legislative and administrative for realization of the right to life and protect its citizens. The memorandum also appealed to address the barriers and take measures to ensure that the backlog fund of the last fiscal year be released at the earliest by NACO.

DIMAPUR, NOV 10 (NPN): Independent legislator N.Thomas Ngullie has reacted to charges made against him by the Chief Minister’s Office through its media cell, wherein the latter had chosen to target him instead of addressing issues he raised regarding the controversy over the cabinet decision to hold civic polls with 33% women reservation. In a voluminous response, Ngullie termed the decision of the chief minister and his cabinet to hold civic polls as “completely illegal” as it contravened the law and was a “betrayal of the Naga mandate and a sell out of Article 371(A) under the constitution. Citing media reports, he alleged that the motive behind the decision to conduct civic polls was mainly to get funds from the Centre. Ngullie also said the chief minister had justified the cabinet decision because prolonged litigation was expensive.

down SDEO office Peren

Student volunteers locking down the SDEO office, Peren.

DIMAPUR, NOV 10 (NPN): Zeliangrong Students’ Union, Nagaland and Kuki Students’ Organisation, Nagaland on Thursday launched their phase-II agitation by locking the SDEO Office, Peren. In a joint press release, ZSU (N) president Amonbo Zeliang and KSO (N) president Paotinsei Khongsai said

the protest was against the appointment of non indigenous inhabitants of Peren district as primary teachers in Peren district. The signatories affirmed that the office would continue to remain locked until their demands were fulfilled. ZSU (N) president Amonbo Zeliang alleged that (Cont’d on p-7)

Thousands throng banks to exchange old notes Zeliang lauds Modi

Staff Reporter /Correspondent DIMAPUR/Kohima, NOV 10 (NPN): Thousands of people rushed to their respective bank branches to get rid of banned Rs.500 and Rs. 1000 notes for new notes or to deposit them in their account when banks reopened on Thursday following Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s announcement to demonetize the notes. People in Dimapur and Kohima were seen in beelines even before banks were opened. Security was beefed up in all the bank branches in Dimapur while ATMs remained closed for the day. Banks officials were also seen deputed outside the entrance gate to assist the customers. People standing in the queue for more than several hours experienced harrowing time due to technical problems (link failures), when

People gathered outside SBI Bazaar branch Dimapur on Thursday. (NP)

their turn for deposit turned up. Some SBI branches in Dimapur, which normally issue tokens for transaction activities, have done away with issuing tokens. But some people expressed displeasure over the new system, saying “bank should issue tokens to solve the inconveniences”. An elderly person, who managed to exchange the

old notes with new one after waiting in the queue for more than three hours, said “the move by prime minister was commendable, as it will end circulation of fake notes in the country”. He said “common man may suffer for a day or two, but those rich people including ministers stacking huge amount of money will be disclosed and they have to

pay heavy penalty”. Some of the people, who waited in the queue for hours, have to turn back after reaching the counter, as bank officials demanded Xerox copies of AADHAR or PAN cards for exchange of old notes. Security personnel were also seen telling the people not to panic as there was still time to exchange the old notes.

Nagaland Chief Minister, TR Zeliang, has congratulated Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his “bold and forward looking decision” to remove the existing currency notes of Rs.1000 and Rs.500 denomination from circulation by ceasing their legal tender status from the midnight of November 8, 2016. In a letter to the prime minister, Zeliang said the government of Nagaland welcomed and fully supported “this bold and surgical strike against black money,” which, he said has been hindering the progress of the country for quite some time. “This moves gives a further boost to our confidence that under your dynamic and visionary leadership, the country will move ahead on the road to progress and prosperity at the pace never witnessed before,” said chief minister.

He reminded that the Supreme Court had, on April 5, 2016 accepted the Special Leave Petition (SLP) filed by representatives of the Naga Mother’s Association (NMA) and granted a stay on the order of the Division Bench of the Gauhati High Court in 2012 which had passed judgement order in favour of the state government on the 33% women reservation. He said on April 5,2016 , the Supreme Court did not order the government to conduct civic polls with 33% women reservation. Rather, Ngullie pointed out that one of the petitioner(s) had on April 9,2016 written to the chief minister and asked him to order civic polls as per the order of the Supreme Court. Following this, Ngullie said the cabinet took the decision to conduct municipal elections with 33% women reservation. (Full text on p-6)

KDTODU accuses police of extortion

DIMAPUR, NOV 10 (NPN): Kohima District Truck Owners’ and Drivers Union (KDTODU) accused police personnel from Zone II of indulging in extortion from truck drivers at Chumukedima. In this regard, KDTODU president Khriesalie Usou appealed to the police commissioner and administration of Chumukedima to intervene and initiate corrective measures. The signatory claimed that some police personnel on the pretext of checking vehicle documents used to harass the drivers and occupants by demanding money. The union alleged that police used to demand Rs. 500 to Rs. 1000 in case of any missing vehicle documents, Rs. 500 or more per trip for carrying commodities like sand, stone dust etc. Therefore, KDTODU questioned the police authority on what reason police personnel from Zone II were deployed at Chumukedima (which falls under Zone I). It further questioned the police on what basis they were charging tax on commodities, which does not fall under the purview of the police department.

DDCC reacts to ACAUT statement

DIMAPUR, NOV 10 (NPN): Dimapur District Congress Committee (DDCC) hit back at ACAUT on the issue of bogus voters, saying that ACAUT should remember that the elections to municipal and town council were not similar to that of “NGOs election”. In a press statement, DDCC general secretary Khrozote Kapfo said that it appreciated the concern of the ACAUT with regards to bogus voters as well as illegal immigrants enrolled in e-roll. However, according to DDCC, ACAUT should understand that there was a separated e-roll for municipal and town council and not extracted from Election Commission of India (ECI) e-roll was prepared every year. It reminded ACAUT that the elections to civic bodies would be guided by Nagaland Municipal and Town Council act passed by the Nagaland legislative Assembly. DDCC also extended support on the appeal made by ACAUT that ECI should carry intensive exercise to delete four lakhs bogus voters in the state electoral roll. “ACAUT should also appeal to the State Election Commission to carry out intensive e-roll for municipal/town council election by appointing Independent enumerator before election are held as per municipal/town council act”, DDCC said. DDCC said any issue concerning common man and corruption at any level taken up by political parties or NGOs should be brought to a logical conclusion, and not just by going to media by filing RTI.

One injured in Kohima shoot out

KOHIMA, NOV 10 (NPN): One person suspected to be a member of Naga Political Group (NPG) was critically injured in a shootout at Mission compound, Kohima on Thursday. The injured person, who was yet to be identified, was rushed to Naga Hospital. Sources, the incident took place between the same group. Police refused to comment on the incident stating that the case was under investigation. (Correspondent)

Power disruption in Mon dist

DIMAPUR, NOV 10 (NPN): Power department has informed that supply of power would be disrupted in Mon district occasionally from November 10-16, 2016 in view of jungle cutting work along Naginimora-Tizit line. In a press note, Mokokchung transmission division SDO (Trans), Er. Shilu Lkr, has requested consumers under Mon district to bear with the inconvenience. K Y M C


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