Dimapur, June 25 (EMN): The working committee of Naga National Political Groups (NNPGs) has opposed the PIL by a BJP leader seeking protection of non-Nagas, especially in Dimapur.
“At this crucial juncture, when the negotiations between the government of India and NNPGs are nearing the final phase, BJP state unit should have issued an advisory to the national leadership on the bearing of the said PIL.
“We are left withnothing else than to believe that the PIL is an outcome of the Political interest of the Nagaland state BJP unit to reduce the status of the Nagas to ordinary Indian citizens. BJP leaders and the ruling coalition leaders of NDPP were harboured at New Delhi over the past week cannot escape from their ignorance on such a disastrous political move by a renowned national leader of the BJP. It cannot be ruled out as an independent decision of the petitioner,” it stated.
It reminded that Nagaland is the only federal unit in the history of free India that was carved out as a separate political entity and to have a government without any Act of the Parliament of India. “Nagaland came into effect on the 18th of February 1961, with the Council of Naga Tribal representatives. If Nagas are brought in the ambit of any other constitutional provisions, it will be a political suicide. Now, the Nagaland BJP, the ruling partner of the coalition alone will be liable for all the consequences and accountable to the Nagas.
“The same advocate seemingly has filed PIL against Article 370 and now, through the North East Frontier Regulation has dragged Article 371 A into the court. It is well laid principle by the Parliament of India that the Nagaland Acts are not laws, but is the legitimisation of an agreement made outside the premises of both the houses parliament, between the government of India and the Nagas. Beyond any doubt, Article 371 A and its predecessor, 1937 Government of India Act have survived over Article 21 of the Constitution. Conflict of political interests should not be created and Nagaland BJP cannot wash off its hands over such political excesses of its national leaders,” read the statement.
TSUD condemns PIL
The Tenyimi Students' Union Dimapur on Tuesday stated that it was “utterly shocked and appalled” by the PIL. “Dimapur has been hailed as a 'haven' for illegal immigrants and the indigenous community has every right to appeal to the authorities or the government to ensure that they are put in check.
“The PIL has mentioned that many businessmen in Dimapur have closed their business due to ILP which is nothing short of a concocted lie, with malafide intention to tarnish the image of the Nagas!” read the statement.
