• Not just one HM, former HMs too, says KSU • Govt’s silence a matter for public to ponder
• Illegal appointments: KSU states names of former DGPs, HMs
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Dimapur, November 17
Students of the Kyong Naga community have expressed support to the legal action that the Chakhesang Students’ Union has broached in the ongoing fight against corrupt appointments in the state government’s tainted Home department.
However, the Kyong organization has appealed to the Chakhesang organization to demand investigations from the time of former Home Minister Thenucho. Under his tenure as a Home minister from 2005, more than 1, 700 were directly appointed by him, the KSU said on Tuesday. “…if CSU file a PIL it should be from 2005, otherwise, it will be nothing but nepotism and tribalism.”
The Kyong Naga Students (KSU) has requested the Chakhesang organization not to single out a particular Home minister but all ministers from the past tenures under whom illegal appointments have been made.
The KSU issued a statement on Tuesday, November 17, and enclosed scanned images of purportedly illegal appointments made under former Home ministers: Thenucho, Imkong Imchen, G Kaito, and current Home Minister Y Patton.
Mentioned in correspondence to the Home ministers were the director generals of police during the politicians’ tenure in said position: Changkija, Z Kire, O Alem and B Kezo.
Once thought to be a dignified and trustworthy department, the Nagaland police department of the state is now mired in allegations of illegal appointments or ‘backdoor’ appointments. S far, the government remains silent.
Almost all the major departments of the government of Nagaland are mired in charges of corruption ranging from financial mismanagement to illegal appointments but the state continues to remain silent. In the slow, but growing outrage against the inaction, various students’ unions in the state, notably the Chakhesang and the Kyong students–have begun to exert pressure.
“The Kyong Students’ Union stands behind the CSU in their fight against backdoor appointment. However, the stand of CSU pointing out only 1 (one) department appears to be driven by vested interest and tribalism attitude,” the Kyong students said.
The KSU stated: “If this is a social cause and not driven by nepotism and tribalism CSU will not given the cut off year as 2010 investigation. We all know that Thenucho, a Chakesang, was Home Minister from 2005 during whose tenure more than 1, 700 were directly appointed by him basing on felt, if CSU file a PIL it should be from 2005, otherwise, it will be nothing but nepotism and tribalism.”
“As per information collected from PHQ the figures shown below are the appointments made since 2005 through backdoor,” the KSU said, referring to the information, in the press release.
Days ago, the Chakhesang Students’ Union said it had decided to file a Public Interest Litigation after a 10-day ultimatum served on the state government to revoke all the illegal appointments in Home department expired.
The CSU said that the state government’s silence on the issue was enough to show that they were not interested to pay heed to such serious matter. An irate CSU had said that it had affirmed that the union would “in no-way entertain any discussion” on the matter and let the court to decide on the course of action.
The press release from the KSU was appended by KSU president Amos Odyuo, and general secretary T Phyopemo Kikon.
