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NPUCL on ULB polls & ‘mobocracy in the state’; appeals for peace

Naga Peoples Union for Civil Liberties (NPUCL) has expressed dismay at the “lopsided reactions” of some Naga organisations and Naga human rights body over the undesirable situation of Nagaland state. 
A press note by NPUCL president, Kahorngam Zimik stated that it was equally aghast at the “attempt to install mobocracy in the state”, whereby ultimatum to the state government and “war cry” to prepare for eventuality in case the head of the government failed to step down pointed to the “lack of dialogue and shunning room for reasoning”. 
NPUCL claimed that Nagaland crisis was “engineered and hatched” to tarnish the image of chief minister Zeliang, which escalated and went beyond control with the demise of two brothers in the protest. 
NPUCL opined that “solution to the apprehensions of the Nagas lies not with the stepping down of chief minister, but with certain amendment and proper assembly procedural as it was high time that solution was explored and arrived upon amicably.”  
NPUCL stated that Nagas would not gain by “shaming and naming” chief minister as “anti-Naga” “enemy of 371 (A)” which was “unfounded and highly rhetoric”. 
It stated that the issue begun with the protest against 33% reservation for women in the Local Urban Bodies Election, but ultimately led to the apprehension that “our ancestral land and properties would become taxable under this law”.  
NPUCL also pointed out that the cabinet decisions which were reflected in policies and law of the state are not decided alone by the chief minister but collectively by his cabinet and assembly.  
Chief Minister has been accused as the “source of all frictions, confrontations and the mess we are in now” but what have we the civilians done to solve the issue, queried NPUCL. 
It also stated that some Nagas claimed that “we” are demanding the resignation of the chief minister on “moral ground” because of the “immense turmoil caused to the general public”. 
In this regard, NPUCL stated that as Christians the public must understand that it had also “not contributed peacefully to resolve the issue but rather went on damaging spree attitude.”
NPUCL further stated that the issue was about Urban Local Bodies election with 33 % women reservation which the government has gracefully accepted to postpone indefinitely as per the demand of the people. 
While stating that the issue was about “our ancestral land becoming taxable within certain clause of the Municipal act which the government is readied to review and change as per the wish of the people”, NPUCL asserted that “government is for the people, but people should not take the law in their own hands”. 
NPUCL while being critical of the people’s reaction and means deployed in demand for justice, it also equally appealed to the state government to shun brute and might while dealing with its citizens. 
NPUCL also appealed to all the concerned Naga bodies and the state government to engage in a civil manner and resolve the prevailing crisis. 

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