Dimapur, Aug. 18 (EMN): The students union of Kohima Science College, the institution at the centre of a raging controversy, has sought to address what it called ‘some apparent misunderstanding’ concerning issues of encroachment into the college’s land at Jotsoma village in Kohima.
In a statement issued on Saturday, the union stated that the Jotsoma village council had initiated the move against illegal occupation and allotment of college land to various parties since four decades ago.
From the ‘90s, the college’s student union had ‘persisted with the All Nagaland College Students’ Union’ (ANCSU) to pursue the issue, it stated. “Finally the ANCSU have officially tabled the land encroachment issue in its 2013 general assembly, and endorsed time and again in subsequent assembly sittings. Therefore, the present movement has been gathering momentum and has now reached the public domain for which we are grateful,” the statement read.
While admitting that ‘there have been some doubts due to lack of communications,’ the union hoped that the issue would be resolved through dialogue. “The KSCSU firmly believe in the constitutional values and the rule of law. Therefore we urge all the parties concern to amicably resolve the issue in an inclusive manner and at the earliest possible time in the greater interest of the students’ community.
“In order to fulfil the vision of the college as envisioned by the founding fathers and land donors we request the government to expedite the process of solving the present land issue at the earliest,” it stated.
