Joint Committee on Prevention of Illegal Immigrants (JCPI) has once again requested the 16 tribe hohos of Nagaland to attend the meeting on June 7 at Tourist Lodge, Dimapur at 11 a.m. in order to hold “extensive deliberation on Citizenship (Amendment) Bill”. In a press note, JCPI convenor K. Ghokheto Chophy and secretary Tia Longchar, while asserting that the presence of tribe hohos was of outmost importance, said that the committee will not be issuing official letter of intimation as all the representatives of the 12 tribe hohos were unanimous in their view to hold another meeting on the issue.
The decision was at the meeting held on May 18, attended and attested by 12 tribe hohos, CSOs– NTC, NGBF, NCD, CNTC, ENPUD, UNTABA, SN, ACAUT, Nagaland Garo Union, and Dimapur district based bodies like DDGBF, DUCCF, TUCT, CAKU, ASTD, WCH, LHD, DNSU, ASTUD, AYF, and DAYO. JCPI clarified that another round of talks has been fixed on June 7 as four out of the 16 tribes could not attend the May 18 meeting. In this regard, JCPI has once again extended invitation to the three mass based organizations– CNTC, ENPO and TPO (as the apex body of 5 Nagaland tribes) for the said meeting.