{"id":148862,"date":"2014-09-12T01:37:15","date_gmt":"2014-09-12T01:37:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/151.106.38.4\/2014\/09\/12\/ntc-slams-cm-on-nsdz-rongmei-issues\/"},"modified":"2014-09-12T01:37:15","modified_gmt":"2014-09-12T01:37:15","slug":"ntc-slams-cm-on-nsdz-rongmei-issues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/2014\/09\/12\/ntc-slams-cm-on-nsdz-rongmei-issues\/","title":{"rendered":"NTC slams CM on NSDZ, Rongmei issues"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sad to examine the mindset of CM on Zbto rally: NTC<\/span>
\nNagaland Tribes Council (NTC) reacted strongly to chief minister T.R. Zeliang for commenting that the NTC rally on Nagaland Special Development Zone (NSDZ) in Zunheboto on Tuesday was a \u201cmeaningless exercise\u201d.
\nNTC media cell said it was \u201camusing at first glance but sad to examine the mindset of no other than the chief minister of Nagaland\u201d who considered such democratic exercises for molding public opinion on such a crucial issue of far reaching consequences as \u201cmeaningless exercise\u201d.
\nNTC therefore posed the following questions on chief minister: (1) whether Rongmei recognition and NSDZ issues are meaningless; (2) Was the Zunheboto rally meaningless; (3) Was the initiative of NTC and the logical response from the citizens of Zunheboto town meaningless; (4) What kind of benefit Rongmei recognition as a tribe of Nagaland, offered to Nagas of Nagaland and (5) Is NSDZ for development or for accommodation of outsiders to a small state like Nagaland and whether the chief minister stands for the Nagas of Nagaland or outsiders?
\nNTC said it was always prepared for any discussion, consultation or debate on issues of common interest under any banner, since it has no inhibition and prepared to attend the consultative meet if \u201cinvited officially\u201d.
\nThe council also said it would continue to endeavor to reach out to all sections to sensitise the people of any issue affecting them.
\nNTC however said the approach of the state government \u201cto stab the citizens from behind\u201d was disheartening and pointed to the recognition of Rongmei tribe case as an indigenous tribe of Nagaland, when the state government ignored the recommendation of the committee it quietly formed.
\nNagaland Tribes Council  said the state government then took a political decision on the \u201cadvice of an officer together with Naga Hoho\u2019s recommendation for and on behalf of the Nagas of Nagaland\u201d.
\nNTC said the state government had kept the people and stake holders in the dark over the issue till it published the notification after receiving the Governor\u2019s assent.
\nOn the Nagaland Special Development Zone, the council said that the concept paper was approved by the cabinet and circulated to the Deputy Commissioners (DCs)of Mon, Longleng, Mokokchung, Wokha and Dimapur on January 6, 2014 with instructions to negotiate with civil societies for identification of the area to be brought under NSDZ.
\nThe council further said that \u2018No Objection Certificates\u2019 were obtained from the villagers and the resolution for Nagaland Special Development Zone adopted by the Nagaland Legislative Assembly on March 24, 2014.
\nNTC said subsequently the chief minister placed budgetary provisions for NSDZ in the last budget session.
\nMost unfortunately, NTC said, the chief minister was trying to play down the importance of the state assembly resolution \u201cas if no final decision has been taken as yet\u201d.
\nNTC said the NSDZs would have been \u201csmoothly and quietly implemented with silent approval of the civil societies in the same manner of Rongmei tribe recognition\u201d.
\nHowever, unfortunately for the government, NTC said this time, it brought the matter on public domain after which various organizations, intellectuals and stake holders expressed objection to \u201c this infamous decision\u201d.
\nAt this juncture, NTC said the government\u2019s attempt for consultations with civil societies and people was \u201crather amusing\u201d.
\nNagaland Tribes Council said it despises the methodology of the present state government of consulting \u201cits own coteries to hijack people\u2019s endorsement\u201d on major issues and thus put the entire citizens of Nagaland in total jeopardy.
\nMeanwhile, the Nagaland Tribes Council has vowed to take the people and sons of the soil on board \u201cto fight all the sinister designs of people in power, till the wishes of the people are fulfilled\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sad to examine the mindset of CM on Zbto rally: NTC Nagaland Tribes Council (NTC) reacted strongly to chief minister T.R. Zeliang for commenting that the NTC rally on Nagaland Special Development Zone (NSDZ) in Zunheboto on Tuesday was a \u201cmeaningless exercise\u201d. NTC media cell said it was \u201camusing at first glance but sad to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[679],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-148862","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nagaland-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148862","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=148862"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148862\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=148862"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=148862"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=148862"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}