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What Nagaland Governor R.N.Ravi had stated, in a strong missive addressed to state chief minister Neiphiu Rio, was not exactly like letting the cat out of the bag since the issue had been in public domain for decades but nevertheless, it was the first time that an incumbent of the Raj Bhavan had openly dared to call a spade a spade. As a consequence of the uncomfortable revelation, all stakeholders have been rattled. The four-page missive of the Governor was stinging when he made no bones about the near-collapse of the law and order by indicting the police for failing to rein in groups of various armed cadres involved. The letter reflected the Governor’s personal interactions with various NGOs , business including government officials and his observations about the situation in the state since he took over as Governor in August 2019. It is undeniable that for decades, public continued to groan under the burgeoning load of illegal collections by whoever and under whatever reasons and widely publicised in the local media. Since decades back, the cries of the business firms, traders , fruit & vegetable vendors and dealers of meat and egg, construction materials etc have been reported in the local media. There have been lightning bandhs and protests over the depredations by lawless elements. All these have been highlighted by the Nagaland Voluntary Consumers Organisation (NVCO), NPCC, Naga Council , Public Action Committee and ACAUT Nagaland etc. In 2013, after much discussions, ACAUT Nagaland organised mass public protest demonstrations in Dimapur, which found resonance when several thousands participated. ACAUT’s protest rallies also attracted huge crowds across Nagaland where public openly declared that “enough is enough”. Despite all these being widely publicised and which received spontaneous support and clear message on the government to take action as per the law; yet whatever done was only seeking to treat the symptom rather than the disease. The government did constitute a three-member High Powered Committee (HPC) headed by a retired Supreme Court judge to go into various aspects of illegal and rampant collections. The report of the HPC was submitted to the government on June 10,2015 but till today, it remains in cold storage. This is also another issue which has led public to strongly believe that the government has no political will to carry out its primary responsibility to ensure safety and security of its people under the constitution. As a measure to tone up the police law and order machinery, the Governor said he has decided to invoke Article 371A(1)(b) of the constitution which gives the governor of the state special powers. Under the above Article, Ravi disclosed, that he will oversee important law and order decisions pertaining to posting of officials entrusted with the maintenance of law and order responsibilities of officials above the district level which will be decided “after approval of the Governor”. It needs to be understood that present lawlessness is an accumulative consequence of the “khushi-khushi” syndrome since several decades back and which has mutated into corruption virus that has gradually and surely spread its pernicious tentacles to every level of society and its values. Public need to also seriously introspect on how they have allowed the situation to reach this stage of near collapse of governance. Though Art.371(1)(b) is not the all-cure option but at least it has to start some.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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