‘Naga MLAs asked to resign’
Imphal | April 26 : Naga frontal organizations under the banner of the United Naga Council (UNC) have resolved today in Senapati to serve a letter each to all the Naga MLAs in Manipur to tender their resignations immediately. Also, the All Naga Students’ Association of Manipur (ANSAM) has decided to take up more drastic forms of agitation while continuing the ongoing economic blockade along the two national highways leading to Manipur. In a late night disclosure to Newmai News Network regarding its April 26 proceedings, the UNC said that the Naga MLAs and ministers have failed miserably in protecting “our very rights”.
The tribal organizations are agitating against holding of elections to the Autonomous District Councils in Manipur under the Manipur (Hill Areas) District Council Act of 2008.
“After a thorough deliberation, the meeting resolved that, the advice letter be served to the elected Naga representatives to abdicate from the Manipur Legislative Assembly with immediate affect for their blatant disregard to the interest and welfare of the hill people and the willful refusal to represent the people’s voice. That, their continuation as representatives of the people is no longer tenable in order to safeguard the identity, rights and future of the hill people,” the UNC resolution said.
The United Naga Council held a ‘president’s council’ meeting in Senapati today which was attended by the presidents of various tribal hohos and frontal organizations. The meeting reviewed the current situation relating to the imposition of legislations.
The ANSAM said that while the tribal in Manipur have been “democratically displaying their opposition against imposition of the unwanted Act, the indifferent attitude of Government of Manipur through publication of Election Notification of the Autonomous District Councils reveals the chauvinistic attitude of the state government towards the hill people.” The ANSAM sees this action as a deliberate attempt to suppress the tribal peoples of their fundamental rights
