EMN
Dimapur, August 18
The Nagaland Tribes Council (NTC) today announced to launch poster campaign from August 19 onward to create awareness and sensitize the people on the grave implications of the issues confronting the Nagas of Nagaland, particularly the Rongmei Tribe recognition in the State of Nagaland and Nagaland Special Development Zone (NSDZ).
“The two anti-people decisions of the State Government are the two sides of the same coin posing serious threat to the citizens of the State. Recognition of more tribes from non-indigenous communities of the state is an infringement of our rights, privileges and status and the NSDZ is an attempt to parcel out our land to non-Nagas and outsiders to eventually take control over the indigenous people of the State,” NTC acting president Lendi Noktang and general secretary Nribemo Ngullie said in a release today. Stating that the adamant attitude of the State government on the ‘acts of incursion’ against the wishes of the people despite several appeals, representations, public demonstration to review the ‘unpopular decision’ of the State could not evoke any favourable response, the NTC said, therefore, it is left with no other options but to take the issues to the bonafide citizens for democratic remedy.
The poster campaign is aimed at reaching to the people at the grassroots levels to disseminate information and create awareness to rise to the occasion and defend, protect and determine its own destiny for posterity.
The wording of the poster reads:
1. REVOKE RONGMEI TRIBE RECOGNITION, RONGMEIS ARE OUR BRETHRENS BUT NOT INDIGENOUS TRIBE OF NAGALAND;
2. DON’T IMPOSE NSDZ AGAINST OUR RIGHTS, INDIGENOUS PEOPLE WITHOUT LAND HAVE NOTHING LEFT; and
3. NAGAS OF NAGALAND ARE PROTECTED BY ARTICLE 371(A), BEFR (ILP) ACT, 1873 AND NAGALAND LAND & REVENUE REGULATION (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1978. DON’T DESTROY OUR PROTECTIVE LAWS.
The NTC as per its aims and objectives also resolved to resort to various democratic exercises and take all the citizens of the State on board to prove the supremacy of the people’s will on all the issues confronting the people and to translate our dreams in to reality.
“We beseech the well wishing support of all concern and continue to fervently urge the State Government to respect the feeling and wishes of the people which is paramount for any democratic government,” the release added.
