Youths demand ‘fixing responsibility’ from ‘state level’
EMN
Dimapur, March 14
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he Chakhesang Youth Front (CYF) has echoed a common sentiment of the public concerning the March 5 ignominy in Dimapur when a person accused of rape was lynched: The administrative failure was not only on the part of the administration; the fault was with the state government.
Action against those who failed their duties in governance and administration and start from the government instead of making lower administrative and police officials the scapegoats, the organization has reminded.The CYF issued a press release on Saturday stating that the Nagaland government passing the buck by suspending administrators and police chiefs for the March 5 lapse was without logic when it was the leadership itself – the state government – was to blame.
The CYF denounced the March 5 lynching in the commercial district of the state which, for the first time in the history of Nagaland at any given time, attracted widespread attention from both the national and international media. While expressing shame where the mob took law in own hands, the Chakhesang youth reminded that the onus of blame rests on the leadership – the state government and state administration.
“While fixing responsibility for not containing the mob, the government action of suspending officials is selective and devoid of logic. While the government is aware of the impending danger prior to 5th March 2015, its failure to ensure effective implementation of law and order lies not only with the district administration but the onus lies with the government,” the CY stated in te press release appended by its leadership.
“Hence owning responsibility should start from the highest level rather being selective and making some officials scapegoat,” the organization has stated. The CY has demanded honest acknowledgment from the government of Nagaland: “…we urge the government for immediate fixing of responsibility at every level rather than being selective.”
The Chakhesang youth organization said it was appalled at the turn of events on March 5 where a mob resorted to taking law in own hands and lynched the alleged rapist.
“The incident has brought not only disrepute to the entire Nagas in front of the world but has put the Nagas vulnerable to attacks and discrimination elsewhere,” the Chakhesang youths lamented.
“The barbaric and savage act carried out by the mob is condemnable. We urge upon the law enforcing agencies to award befitting punishment to the culprits,” the press release added.
