'Inordinate delay' in council formation irks Tangkhul bodies
Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, August 30 2015 :
Ukhrul based civil organizations of the Tangkhul community while vehemently condemning the deliberate and inordinate delay of the council formation in Chandel and Tamenlong districts have fervently urged the Congress led SPF Government to respect the sentiment and aspirations of the tribals.
The democratic alliance of Chandel and Tamenglong was formed by two political parties�NPF and BJP with clear majority to form council house and it has staked claim on many occasions.
However, without any reason whatsoever the congress led SPF Government has deliberately trampled upon the democratic rights of the people which amount to murder of democracy, a joint statement said on Sunday.
While seriously condemning the malicious intent of Okram Ibobi Singh and Deputy CM Gaikhanagm for such unwarranted actions, the Tangkhul Naga Long, Tangkhul Shanao Long, Tangkhul Naga Wungnao Long, Tangkhul Naga Aze, Longphang, Tangkhul Naga Ato Longphang, Tangkhul Naga Zingtun Longohang and Tangkhul Naga Zingsho Longphang warned that any further suppression of democratic rights of the tribals shall not be tolerated in any manner and that they will not remain a mute spectator.
"We therefore, sincerely appeal to all those people at the helm of state of affairs to rectify the anomalies committed by them immediately and to take corrective measures in the interest of one and all," the statement said.
It urged the authority concerned to install the council in the two hill districts of Chandel and Tamenglong on or before September 7, 2015 failing which the organisations shall be left with no other options but to carry out intense form of democratic agitations in the best interest of the hill people.