Populism and rhetoric is the order of the day with a seemingly never ending stream of new plans or projects being announced all of which indicate that there is no dearth of ideas in the government except dwindling funds. In fact, Nagaland has more or less utilised almost every channel to obtain new projects that have dotted mainly a few districts. These projects such as buildings, bridges and other facilities have fallen on behind schedules for the simple reason to be re-evaluated for high cost escalations. The same manner in which projects are delayed, is also evident with delay in decision making on crucial issues. There are many issues that have been put on the backburner such ban on fresh appointments since 1997 and reiterated in 2020. However, hundreds have been appointed through various doors-back, front, side etc whether sanctioned nor non-sanctioned or temporary attachments etc. The other issue of RIIN was another populist syndrome to bring Dimapur district under Inner Line Permit(ILP) . Probably the government felt it sounded right to go against illegal immigrants through ILP. In order to do that, there has to be a base to identify who can or who cannot be under ILP. This necessitated identification of who is or who is not an indigenous inhabitant. The government thus constituted the RIIN commission headed by a retired chief secretary and with two others as members.The other issues that has been hanging unresolved is the Prohibition Act 1989; report on unauthorised taxations (headed by a retired supreme court judge) and various inter-district boundary issues. These have again been relegated to the background as the focus is on repeal of AFSPA and justice for victims of Oting massacre. Even both these \u2013AFSPA and Oting killings \u2013 are likely to join the others under Nagaland government\u2019s twilight zone. Again, when the time comes to take a call on these issue which the government unfailingly talks with great promise, invariably ultimately, the onus of responsibility on consultations with CSOs. Delegating responsibility to others is absolving responsibility. The stage for establishing a platform for peace and development can come through the role played by the government which must do what is right. For too long have people allowed politics to be the guiding factor with which they expected their leaders to pursue. The consequences of over indulgence in politics have become an aberration with consequences that are evidenced through -corruption, nepotism and lack of transparency and accountability. The most urgent need is to put the administration, judiciary and police back on track and ensure that the path of accountability and transparency is cleared for efforts to effect reform and bring sanity back to the system. The basic need to inspire confidence in the minds of all citizens is to show that the government can be trusted to protect every individual high or low . This is where reforms in the administration, police and judiciary are growing needs in a state that has been oversaturated by too much of entitlement politics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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