Naga Hoho has expressed surprise over the cabinet decision to accept 33% women reservation for the Urban Local Bodies/Town Councils election. In a letter to chief minister, T.R. Zeliang, Naga Hoho president P. Chuba Ozukum and general secretary Mutsikhoyo Yhobu fervently appealed to the competent authority concerned “to keep the cabinet decision in abeyance without issuing the notification till the matter is settled amicably”.
Naga Hoho stated that during its emergency executive meeting, the house expressed surprise that the cabinet went ahead with the decision “without consulting the civil societies as one of the major stake holders within the state”.
The hoho also reminded the chief minister of its 4th Federal Assembly (2008-2013) resolution wherein the Federal Assembly observed that it was “still pre-mature to introduce 33% women reservation in Naga society and therefore the house resolved to advocate women empowerment by creating various opportunities”.