Dimapur, April 5 (EMN): The Nagaland Law Students’ Federation (NLSF) has opposed a number of proposals of the Nagaland government such as the proposal to create 13 ex-cadre posts associated with the chief minister’s office; appointment of an officer-on-special duty at Nagaland House at New Delhi; appointment of advisors, and chairman.
Likewise, the students have protested the deduction of wages of government employees for the Chief Secretary’s Welfare Fund (CSWF).
According to a press release from the NLSF on Thursday, state government’s recent initiatives are ‘unreasonable and improper’ and ‘even unconstitutional.’ The state government as a welfare state cannot simply take any decision ‘against’ the welfare of its citizens.
On a brighter note, the federation appreciated the government’s decisions barring the very important persons’ (VIP) culture: banning VIP escorts, removing nameplates, and quashing the parliamentary secretary post. However, the NLSF said to have ‘simply failed’ to understand the other initiatives of the state.
The federation explained their reasons for opposing the new initiatives: If at all the government was going to create 13 ex-cadre posts it would affect the ‘status of bureaucracy.’
The federation also asked why it was necessary to appoint Priyang Pandey as the OSD for Nagaland House.
Further, the appointment of legislators as advisors to departments; and chairman for committees is ‘simply unconstitutional’ and ‘amounts to office of profit,’ it added.
“One-day salary is the hard-earned money of the employee and this is their actionable claim where the government cannot simply play with it in the name of welfare fund without considering any genuine cause or reason or relief or disaster,” added the press release.
