Day: September 3, 2015

LAMKA, Sept 3: Autonomous District Council Churachandpur chairman Langkhanpau Guite today took stock of the prevailing situation in the district and met people of different communities.

Speaking on the sideline of the tour, Guite on behalf of the ADC Churachandpur appealed to all communities especially the minority communities of the district like the Meitei community not to feel threatened and to remain at their respective residences.

With reports of some members of the community leaving or trying to leave the district, he said it is totally against the wish of the ADC Churachandpur.

People have been living peacefully in Churachandpur for long, he said.

He further appealed to all not to attack or do harm to any community including the Meiteis who are feeling threatened due to the present situation.

`The ADCC will never endorse and approve but oppose any attack and harassment of any particular community while supporting the movement for the rights of the tribal who are victimised by the state legislature and earnestly appealed to all individual and sections of the society to respect the communal harmony of Ccpur District.`

Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2015/09/adc-ccpur-appeals-all-communities-to-remain-calm/

LAMKA, September 3: The newly formed JAC called a press meet in the afternoon stating that it has asked the State government to repeal the bills or accommodate a clause stating that the bills will not apply in the hills and provide special provisions for the tribal including protection of the tribal and their lands.

The JAC said it has sent its memorandum to the Chief Minister putting forth its demands.

The demands also include that the government should initiate an independent judicial inquiry on the recent incident which should be conducted by a judge not lower than a High Court judge, payment of ex-gratia for the eight who died in the recent incidents suitable government job to their next of kin and compensation for all those injured in the incidents.

The JAC also informed that it has resolved that not more than 50 women of different communities will staged a sit in protest everyday at different locations, however, shops will be allowed to open and bring in their items from 5 to 10am daily. The JAC also declared that medics, religious functions, water supply and electricity are exempted and free during the agitations of the JAC.

The JAC also handed the media persons copies of its memorandum which is to be submitted to the State Chief Minister.

Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2015/09/repeal-bills-or-add-clause-with-special-provisions-jac/

IMPHAL, Sept 3: BJP MLA Mmhonlumo Kikon, Parliamentary Secretary (Labor & Employment, Skill Development and Border Affairs), Government of Nagaland has expressed shock on the statement of Manipur`™s Chief Minister O Ibobi Singh appeared in Nagaland Post and other daily dailies in Nagaland and Manipur on August 30 wherein he accused the BJP of `politicizing Gaidinliu` in a meeting held at Imphal on `Haipou Jadonang`™.

According to the MLA, the statement of CM Ibobi came in the midst of the din surrounding the commemoration of the Birth Centenary of Rani Gaidinliu. Ibobi had said that the BJP led NDA Government`s decision to sanction the construction of Rani Gaidinliu`s museum-cum-library at Kohima, and not in Manipur where she was born is an `exposition` of the BJP`s policy of politicization of freedom fighters.

The CM also argued that this museum should have been constructed in Tamenglong district in Manipur, where Rani Gaidinliu was born.

“Firstly, as someone who was present in the Centenary Celebrations in Delhi, Ibobi`s statement is definitely a contradiction of what he said at the event hosted at Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi. He was full of praise for the Prime Minister for honouring Rani Gaidinliu, a “Naga” from Manipur, as a freedom fighter of India and also as a daughter of the Northeast,`™`™ the Nagaland MLA pointed out.

The MLA said, “™Ibobi was lavished in his praise of the Prime Minister for giving a long overdue recognition to Rani Gaidinliu and expressed his gratitude for the wonderful initiative of the Prime Minister of India. He also proudly posed along with the Prime Minister and the Chief Minister of Nagaland for the shutterbugs at the release of the commemorative postage stamp and coins,`™`™.

“Secondly, the construction of the museum-cum-library at Kohima was sanctioned in the year 2011-12 by the Congress led-UPA Government. The BJP had only continued in the same vein as the proposal came from the Government of Nagaland. However, if the Chief Minister of Manipur wanted a memorial of either Jadonang or Gaidinliu in Manipur, he could have proposed under his leadership even at the time of UPA or later as per normal government procedures,`™`™ he said.

He also said that there are memorials of Mahatma Gandhi and other freedom fighters of India at different places and cities of India far away from their birthplaces and this is a common practice all over the world.

“The `politicization`™ of a memorial which the Congress led UPA Government started cannot be blamed on others when it is politically expedient. In a living, vibrant democracy we are free to share our opinions, but as leaders we must reason and base our rationales on facts and figures and not desist from inflammation of issues for the sake of political benefits,`™`™ the BJP MLA from Nagaland asserted.

Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2015/09/ibobis-remark-bjp-politicizing-gaidinliu-irks-nagaland-mla/