Despite ‘threats’, DNSU to collect data on non-locals

Tougher ILP enforcement

DIMAPUR — Officials of Dimapur Naga Students’ Union (DNSU) claimed to have received threats over the phone following their announcement to collect data on the non-local populace of Dimapur district.

Addressing a press conference on Wednesday, DNSU officials — president Hinoto P. Aomi, general secretary Michael Kath, and education secretary Kevin Gonmei — said that they received threatening calls warning them not to pursue their proposed documentation of non-locals. They, however, asserted that the DNSU will go ahead with the process very soon.

According to the DNSU officials, the calls were not from members of armed Naga political groups but from “other Nagas” acting as “protectors” of the non-locals. Stating that they don’t want to expose these people’s identity in public, the DNSU leaders appealed to them to refrain from such activities.

Also, the student leaders appealed to all the organisations, unions and national workers not to interfere in their data collection process, insisting that they are not chasing away the non-locals but only ensuring proper documentation.

The DNSU will announce the date soon, they informed.

Tougher ILP enforcement

On the implementation of Inner Line Permit (ILP) in Dimapur, the union expressed that, along with the Naga Students’ Federation, it has been writing to the government “but there is no response till date”. The DNSU officials maintained that if the issue is not controlled today, “future generations will face the real problem”.

They appealed to the state government to implement the ILP regime in Dimapur and applauded the law enforcing agencies for checking the entry of “illegal immigrants” at Dimapur railway station.

The DNSU officials urged the urban local bodies not to issue trade licences to “illegal immigrants”, adding that the state government should punish those who do.

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