Dimapur, April 27 (EMN): Nagaland Tribes Council (NTC) has congratulated the State government headed by the chief minister Dr. Shurhozelie Liezietsu for revoking the cabinet decision to recognise Rongmei community as indigenous tribe of Nagaland saying the decision has now removed the controversy and its subsequent conflicts on the issue between sections of people.While welcoming the cabinet decision, the NTC, in a press release issued by its Media Cell, considered the decision to be the consequence of maturity and statesmanship of the leadership. Meanwhile, NTC also cautioned the government to be meticulous about the Rongmei indigenous inhabitants’ figure of 1313 and its lineage, which is an exclusive administrative enumeration list and remains controversial.
Expressing scepticism, it added that legitimising the said figure without proper scrutiny and without following the laid down standard procedure ‘becomes self contradictory.’
