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Naga women left in lurch
The Telegraph | Kohima, Sept. 22
The Nagaland Assembly today passed a resolution, allegedly in keeping with the “customary practices of Nagas”, that would keep women out of civic bodies like town and municipal councils.
The resolution, that is effectively an amendment to the Nagaland Municipal Act 2001 (amended 2006), exempts the state from implementing Part IX-A of the Constitution, which says 33 per cent seats in these civic bodies should reserved for women.
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