Nagaland government personnel have been asked to stagger if any of their relatives are among the rebels.
Guwahati:
In an unprecedented move, the government of Nagaland asked all government employees, including senior officials, to declare themselves if any of their family members or members of their family is a member of the one of the state’s underground armed rebel groups. By issuing a circular, the state government asked officials to submit the statement to the interior ministry before August 7.
In a memorandum dated July 7, Chief Secretary Temjen Toy said: “As instructed, all heads of administrative departments and heads of departments are requested to obtain information in the self-assessment form. Attached statement of all officials under his / her department / office regarding family members and relatives in clandestine organizations and submit to the Interior Ministry, political branch no later than August 7, 2020. “
This order comes at a crucial time when the governor of Nagaland RN Ravi disagreed with the state government on state public policy issues.
The Nagaland government has previously ruled out the governor’s proposal to screen the transfer and secondment of officials responsible for policing.
Ravi, in a letter to Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio, said the state scenario was bleak and law and order had collapsed, the clandestine groups involved in the vexable Naga peace talks led a “ parallel government ”.
The state government, however, officially denied the governor’s claim. Ravi is also the interlocutor for the Naga peace talks.
In a letter on June 16, Governor Ravi said that the constitutionally established state government was challenged on a day-to-day basis by armed gangs who questioned the sovereignty and integrity of the nation while instruments of law and order did not respond at all. .
“In such a context, I can no longer refrain from my constitutional state policing obligations under section 371 A (1 (b) of the Constitution of India”, had writes Mr. Ravi.
In an earlier statement, the government of Nagaland pointed out that – the central government has been in a ceasefire agreement with the Naga national political groups for more than two decades and talks would have ended in October 2019 and, therefore, , the people expect a political solution. The state government believes that calling organizations “armed gangs” may not be in the interest of the peace process and may not be conducive to the achievement of lasting peace.
