Dimapur, April 27 (EMN): The Kudawhi Union (KUD) held its general meeting on Saturday at the Tenyiphe I Village Council hall. Dr. Neiphi Kire, chairman of the Kohima Village Council (KVC), was the ‘special guest’ of the meeting.
The union issued a press release to the media on Saturday informing about the discussions and a number of decisions that were taken during the meeting.
According to the press release, the union took note of what it called the ‘challenging issue’ of illegal Bangladeshi immigrants. The KVC has ‘taken a drastic step’ to ‘eradicate the menace,’ the press release stated. ‘It is high time that every individual, irrespective of community, should fight together before it is too late,’ the union stated.
The union also reminded that Nagaland is a small state with a limited area. ‘If Nagas keep accommodating, the situation we will not be far from the state of Tripura and Arunachal where tribal rights have been overridden by pressure from non-locals; the tribal have become a minority in their own land, the press release stated.
During the meeting, Dr. Kire was stated to have opined that ‘books and degree knowledge is incomplete without basic character.’
The union also highlighted the aims and objectives of the organization and called for further cooperation in the future.
The meeting adopted various resolutions too.
In its first resolution, the union stated to “look into the welfare of its members in the event of non cooperation or participation in the union activities,” according to the press release.
In another resolution, the union stated that KUD members married to people other than “Kewhimia” shall not be a member and shall not be allowed to hold office in any KUD capacity and its frontal bodies.
However, they may be invited to special gatherings, the updates stated.
The union then affirmed to uphold the KVC’s stand on the issue of influx of illegal immigrants. The organisation has appealed to its members to be ‘well aware of the matter.’
