DTAH serve notice on NCD office bearers to quit
Dimapur Tribal Apex Hoho (DTAH) representing fourteen (14) tribe presidents, has reacted to the vehement criticisms made by the Naga Council Dimapur (NCD) against it, as published in the local dailies on July 3.
The outgoing NCD team has come under attack from the constituent units under the DTAH who have expressed total objection to the manner in which the transition of the new NCD team was being delayed by the outgoing NCD team of office bearers.
While reminding that NCD had tendered an apology at the joint meeting held on March 10,2020, DTAH said its 14 tribe presidents have rejected the statement of NCD published on July 3,2020 as “unfounded, unconstitutional , hence devoid of any merit in its entirety.”
Dimapur Tribal Apex Hoho reminded that the tenure of the present Naga Council Dimapur office bearers had ended on March 6, 2020 but two months prior to expiry of term, the present NCD had asked all constituent units (tribal hohos) to nominate two members as councillors for the succeeding tenure vide letter dated January 27, 2020.
Subsequently, DTAH said on submission of the names of new members as councillors by all tribal hohos, it was presumed that the new executive of NCD was constituted to carry on its activities.
However, DTAH said on February 11,2020 the present NCD held a meeting and allegedly extended its tenure by another three months till May 30,2020 without any prior consultation with the constituent units of tribal hohos.
As a consequence of the present NCD’s “unconstitutional extension” for three more months, DTAH said all its constituent units submitted a representation dated February 21,2020 in opposing the impugned extension which did not have the mandate of Dimapur-based tribal hohos. Further DTAH said it further urged upon NCD to revoke its resolution made on February 11,2020.
Then on March 10,2020 DTAH said NCD convened a joint meeting of all tribal hohos (DTAH) wherein it accepted its omission of NCD constitutional mandate and sincerely apologized to DTAH for resolving to extend the tenure till May 30, 2020 done without intimation or consent of DTAH.
At the March 10 meeting, DTAH said the house after prolonged deliberation and after considering logistic inconveniences on the part of NCD, resolved to extend its tenure till March 31,2020 and requested the present incumbent NCD to complete all formalities to enable formation of a new NCD team for the next tenure, well ahead of the stipulated expiry date.
However, DTAH said in spite of lapse of the deadline and passage of months, the present NCD was “unconstitutionally continuing to carry on its activities without any authority”. DTAH said this was in violation of the NCD’s laid down constitution “by cunningly manoeuvring for their own vested interest”.