Nagaland Whip issue hearing in the court
Kohima, 12th October, 2017
It is a truth universally accepted that it is the President of a political party, or someone authorized by the President, who appoints the Chief Whip of that political party so as to keep its legislators within the parameters of the party’s principles and ideologies, especially when it comes to voting in either the Parliament or the Legislative Assembly.
And anyone who deviates from this universal truth and practice would be doing so at his own peril, like what TR Zeliang and group are doing, since their delinquent behavior or action cannot stand scrutiny of the law.
Today’s deferment of the hearing on the Whip issue to October 25 next by the Kohima Bench of the Guwahati High Court should not be construed as anything negative or positive for either of the parties since the Judge before whom the matter came up for hearing had excused himself from taking up the case on the ground that two of the respondents to the case are his kith and kin.
The case before the Court of law is very simple: Is it the political party or the Legislature Wing which appoints the Chief Whip for the Party? The Tenth Schedule of the Indian Constitution does not have even a whiff of mention that the legislature wing appoints the Chief Whip of the party, but makes it abundantly clear that it is the political party which appoints the Chief Whip so as to enable it to keep its flock together.
The idea behind amendment of the Constitution is to prevent instances such as that of one Hon’ble legislator Ram Lal of Haryana who defected three times in a single day, giving rise to the phrase “Aya-Ram-Gaya-Ram”.
A direct bearing to this argument is the fact that Mr Mmhonlumo Kikon, the Chief Whip of the BJP in Nagaland was not appointed by Mr Paiwang Konyak, the Leader of the BJP Legislature Party in Nagaland Legislative Assembly, but through the direction of the National BJP General Secretary Ram Madhav.
This Whip Issue in the Court is hanging over the TR Zeliang-led Government like the proverbial Damocles’ Sword, and sooner or later, the Law will catch up with the wrong-doers and rectify the gross injustices they have perpetrated.
Issued by:
Media & Press Bureau,
Naga People’s Front, Central Headquarters,
Kohima: Nagaland
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This Press Release was posted on October 13 2017
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