Kohima-based tribal bodies at a meeting jointly convened by Angami Public Organisation (APO) and Chakhesang Public Organisation (CPO) have “strongly” appealed to the chief minister to use his wisdom and effect postponement of the scheduled election to save the situation and at the same time, warned that in the event of the elections going ahead, the chief minister and his cabinet would be responsible for any consequences.
A joint statement issued by APO president, Dr. Vilhusa Seleye, and CPO president, Kekhwengulo Lea, informed that the house made the appeal at an emergency meeting of the Kohima-based tribal bodies held at the APO Conference Hall on Monday.
They said the meeting was convened to take stock of the “impending danger” arising out of the face-off between the state government and the tribal bodies. After deliberating on the situation, the house resolved that no tribe of Nagaland has said that ULB elections should not be held. Rather, they said the earnest request and appeal all along has been to give them adequate time to deliberate the Nagaland Municipal Act before implementing it.
The meeting also observed that the present impasse has reached a boiling point of a very serious situation. The house cautioned that despite their earnest request, if the government went ahead with the elections, the “consequences arriving out of this fall out” would be solely borne by the chief minister and his cabinet.