DIMAPUR, DECEMBER 27 (MExN): The Medziphema Village Council (MVC) has reiterated its earlier resolution to ban the conduct of Town committee election with provisions to include 33% women reservation.
The MVC also warned all intending candidates not to file nominations for Medziphema town council. “If any individual files nomination for the same in contravention to the village council resolution, he/she should also be ready to bear the consequences at his/her own risk and peril,” it cautioned.
The statement from MVC comes as a reaction to the Nagaland State Government notification for conduct of town committee elections that appeared in the local dailies on December 23, 2016. The MVC said it would not allow the conduct of the election on its soil with women reservation in force. It argued that the incorporation of women reservation in Naga public institution is totally against the traditional and social practices of the Nagas. The MVC also maintained that the government is expected to listen to the wishes of the people but instead, it had decided to overrule the wishes and expectations of the people by notifying the date of the elections.
Therefore, in tune with its earlier resolutions, the MVC said it will not allow the conduct of Town council election under its jurisdiction unless “provision for women reservation is deleted.” It also sought to reiterate that the MVC is not against the conduct of town council elections but against the reservation of women in it.
