Apex Naga body for Nagaland mooted

August 19, 2021 62 Views No Comment

Correspondent KOHIMA, AUG 19 (NPN) : As both the government and apex tribal hohos deliberated on various issues on the agenda for Wednesday’s consultative meeting held at the State Banquet Hall at the Chief Minister’s residential complex, the need for a Naga tribal apex body encompassing all the tribes in Nagaland was mooted.

This was disclosed to media persons by Neiba Kronu, minister planning and coordination, land revenue and parliamentary affairs. Kronu briefed media persons after the end of a marathon meeting lasting nearly six hours.

He said the house during deliberations, felt the need to have an apex hoho comprising all tribes of Nagaland, since the Naga Hoho which was once the apex body today no longer has the mandate of Naga tribes of Nagaland.

Kronu further added that an apex tribal hoho of tribes within Nagaland has become a necessity just as Naga tribes of Manipur have their United Naga Council (UNC). Similarly, Kronu said Naga tribes of Arunachal Pradesh and Assam could also work out on how to go about it in their respective states.

“Today’s meeting was only the beginning of consultations with the tribal bodies and no specific resolution was adopted. More meetings will be held soon,” he said. Kronu said that a committee would soon be constituted to have detailed discussions.

Advisor IT Science & Technology NRE Mmhonlumo Kikon, who also briefed the media, said that the consultative meeting was not confined to women reservation and so the government decided to go hold discussions with tribal bodies on several issues. He said the issue on the agenda could not be finalized and that it was only the beginning of further consultative meetings.

Further, he said a cabinet sub-committee on women reservation was constituted and that in the next round, all stakeholders including women groups will be invited to deliberate on the recommendations of the sub-committee.

Minister planning Neiba Kronu said after proper consultation on women reservation, modalities will be worked out before having it enacted in the assembly.

Kronu said the subcommittee had two sittings and recommended seeking opinion of civil society groups.

On RIIN, Kikon said the tribal bodies had asked for more time to go through the report of the Banuo Commission.

According to principal secretary home Abhijit Sinha, out of 12 district sub-committees for RIIN, ten have held meetings while two others were yet to do so and have sought more time. Sinha also disclosed that the government at the meeting, requested the 14 Naga tribe of the state, to intervene with a spirit of brotherhood to resolve the issue. He said the 14 Naga tribes are expected to convene a meeting soon on this matter.

Source: http://www.nagalandpost.com/apex-naga-body-for-nagaland-mooted/238536.html