Naga Hoho Monday said “random” escalation of prices of essential commodities and raw materials for building construction were many a time “dubious in nature.”
In a statement, the Naga Hoho assistant general secretary Nikhrolo Khalo said the Hoho has been observing that Dimapur, the only commercial hub in Nagaland, has been “driving towards determining the prices” in the state for reasons “best known to the concern authorities like administration and department of taxes.”
The Hoho said it has become “a matter of great concern” for the general public who were always the victims of corruption in high places, extortion etc. Pointing out that lately there has been “inflation on cement in a very exorbitant rate by Rs.15 per bag as stated by deputy commissioner of Dimapur”, the Naga Hoho said it has created “confusion in the minds of the innocent public” that whether DC has the “prerogative to fix the rate for cement.”
Naga Hoho said, whatever the reason maybe, the shopkeepers should not be allowed to fix “unreasonable prices” under the pretext of “extortions, corruptions, donations, etc.”
It also appealed to all the public “to keep vigil against all forms of ulterior designs” and report the matter to the responsible authority “so as to save the people from the hands of manipulators in our own land.”