DIMAPUR, DECEMBER 18 (MExN): The Joint Committee on Prevention of Illegal Immigrants (JCPI) held a meeting with the apex tribal bodies and civil society organizations on December 18 to deliberate on the Citizenship Amendment Act(CCA) and other issues.
At the meeting, the house unanimously “rejected the concept of CAA for all the time to come.” It asserted that protective clauses like the ILP and Article 371(A) does not protect the state of Nagaland even though it has been exempted under CAA.
The JCPI also stated that political parties like the NDPP and NPF should come out with clear-cut stand, as to why the MPs in both the Houses of the Parliament representing the citizens of Nagaland, voted for CAA.
They are to be held responsible should the future of Naga people be put to jeopardy at the end of the day, it stated.
The meeting also resolved to extend solidarity to all the anti- CAA movements taking across the North East and other parts of the country. The meeting further resolved to co -operate with other states under the aegis of NEFIP on the issue of CAA.
On ILP, the JCPI said there cannot be two cut-off dates with regards to coverage of ILP over Dimapur. BEFR 1873 comes along with Statehood created on 1st December1963. Also since indigenous certificate is issued on the basis of 1st December, 1963, it should also be the same cut-off date and year for ILP, it maintained.
The JCPI also demanded that RIIN Commission should submit its final report to the State Government before January 31, 2020 and the final notification issued latest by February 29, 2020.
The JCPI meanwhile condemned the memo written by “some vested interest non-local groups to the State Government requesting not to bring Dimapur under ILP coverage.” It said the appeal is a misrepresentation of facts and a mischievous attempt to sow strife and division among different communities.
The JCPI pointed out that it has in the past consulted non-Naga communities and consider them as fellow stakeholders in the demand for ILP coverage in Dimapur. Therefore JCPI is ever ready to reason and sort out any genuine grievances or doubts with any communities in Dimapur, it added.
