Lotha Hoho Dimapur (LHD) Tuesday maintained that the present situation in Nagaland was favourable enough to conduct delimitation exercise peacefully, saying that the present prevailing law and order situation with regard to unabated taxation, extortion and movement of arms cadres had nothing to do with the proposed delimitation exercise.
In a press release, LHD chairman YL Jami and general secretary W Rainbow Ngullie said that the existing disproportionate ratio per population among the districts with regard to share of constituencies must be corrected and bring about impartial representation in the State Assembly.
The hoho said that the orders of Delimitation Commission in India—a high power and independent body—cannot be called in question or challenged in any Court of law as the present delimitation of constituencies was made under the provision of Delimitation Act, 2002.
Stating that delimitation exercise was constitutionally mandated, LHD said this exercise was not about tribe or district.
Meanwhile, LHD has slammed the “immature statement” of BJP National general secretary Ram Madhav recommending postponement of the delimitation process in Nagaland.
The hoho said that Madhav, in order to avoid embarrassment, had attempted “to play safe part” by claiming that his recommendation for postponement was based on the representation of the State BJP president Temjen Imna Along and chief minister Neiphiu Rio.
Further, LHD said that Madhav has, by making such uncorroborated statement and not being conversant with delimitation process, demeaned his position as a national general secretary of BJP.
The hoho said he should rather advise BJP president and chief minister to honourably accept and pave the way to materialise the readjustment of seats for legislative assembly “to ensure socio-political and socio-economic equality amongst tribes”.
LHD wondered if the BJP state president and the chief minister were “trying to push their political agenda or are they became so obsessed for power and position that they pretended not to see and understand the distress and discriminations of the people.”
The hoho said that every elected representative, holding a constitutional position and enjoying all privileges, should uphold and respect the sanctity and supremacy of the Constitution rather than opposing an exercise that was constitutionally mandated.
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