Point No. 2 of Assembly resolution demeaning: RPP

December 24, 2021 37 Views No Comment

DIMAPUR, DEC 24 (NPN): Describing as “demeaning, half-hearted, insensitive, meek and appalling” the point number two of the resolution adopted by the special assembly session on December 20, 2021, the nascent political party in Nagaland— the Rising People’s Party (RPP) has alleged that the legislators have “demeaned the memories of the Oting victims”.

Referring to point number two of the resolution, which read “The House calls for an apology from the appropriate authority….”, the RPP president Joel Naga and general secretary Amai Chingkhu, in a press release, urged the MLAs to “humbly accept” that the particular resolution was not “only demeaning for themselves but crude and insensitive at this juncture.”

Backing state Congress president K Therie’s assertion that people wanted justice not apology, RPP said the talk of apology was misplaced when justice was yet to be delivered and perpetrators yet to be arrested.

Questioning from whom were MLAs seeking apology and who was the “appropriate authority” that the NLA resolution was referring to? RPP urged the MLAs to clarify to the bereaved families of the Oting massacre as to whom they were demanding an apology from?

“The usage of the term ‘Appropriate authority’ by our leaders seem to convey both fear and selfishness,” stated RPP.

Asserting that state assembly represents the voices of an anguished people, RPP said the assembly should be speaking with firmness, strength and dignity at this hour of tragedy. However, it said that the “uneasiness” of the language adopted by leaders presented the “very disconcerting picture that they chose to protect their chairs and positions over humanity and justice.”

RPP said the state legislators too stand to be condemned if they cannot speak out against the perpetrators of the Oting massacre or against those who twist the truth in the Indian Parliament.

The party asserted that point number two of the resolution “cancelled out the rest of the points”, adding that the special session of the NLA was, therefore, meaningless.

It maintained that the NLA, by not pursuing judicial enquiry by a sitting judge of the HC/SC, “may have made a monumental mistake.”

Meanwhile, RPP has demanded that the state government make public the interim report of the special investigation team (SIT).

Source: http://www.nagalandpost.com/point-no-2-of-assembly-resolution-demeaning-rpp/247316.html