The Government of Nagaland is to examine the circumstances and issues involved in the current dispute between six jurisdictions in Dimapur and a village, Industrial village, and decide whether to intervene or not. The government may have to intervene but only after staying the issues involved, the government administration said today.
A recent interaction with the state’s Chief Secretary Lalthara has indicated that the government is uncertain about intervening because the current dispute may not be within the purview of the State. Tacitly, the state government has yet to officially deliberate on the dispute.
Electorates of the municipal colonies Hillview, Aokong, Lengrijan, Duncan Basti, Oriental and Industrial Estate are boycotting the ongoing Electors’ Photo Identity Cards (EPIC) and Photo Electoral Rolls (PER) campaign over questions of change in the designations of two polling stations. A near-violent agitation on June 13 led the district police personnel to employ force to disperse the agitated voters. Dimapur citizens are now beginning to feel uneasy that issue has begun to take communal and tribal overtones.
Chief Secretary of Nagaland Lalthara said tonight, Sunday, that the government may have to intervene but there are two subjects that need thorough study prior to taking any decision. First, Lalthara said, examine whether the core issue is about the change in the designation of the polling stations and the second, see whether the dispute is over change in the name of the locality or the colony. If the core issued is about the latter aspect, the state government can intervene. If for the former aspect, the dispute is in the hands of the Election department, Lalthara said.
He said subjects associated with elections such as polling stations or polling designations and polling areas are within the purview of the Election Commission of India. Subjects concerning names of colonies, change of villages’ names or places are for the State and ‘routed through’ the Home department, the official said.
Earlier, the Election Commission of India had sought a report on the matter, from the Nagaland Chief Electoral Office.
The chief Secretary said change in names of villages or urban jurisdictions such as colonies comes through the Home department.
He said the cause and the basic circumstances surrounding the case would be studied and the government would take a decision. Queried when the government will go to work on it, Lalthara said ‘tomorrow.’ ‘The genesis of the case will be studied and basing on that, we will try to resolve the problem,’ he said.
The Chief Minister’s Office and the Home department did not returns calls made to it by this daily.
A recent interaction with the state’s Chief Secretary Lalthara has indicated that the government is uncertain about intervening because the current dispute may not be within the purview of the State. Tacitly, the state government has yet to officially deliberate on the dispute.
Electorates of the municipal colonies Hillview, Aokong, Lengrijan, Duncan Basti, Oriental and Industrial Estate are boycotting the ongoing Electors’ Photo Identity Cards (EPIC) and Photo Electoral Rolls (PER) campaign over questions of change in the designations of two polling stations. A near-violent agitation on June 13 led the district police personnel to employ force to disperse the agitated voters. Dimapur citizens are now beginning to feel uneasy that issue has begun to take communal and tribal overtones.
Chief Secretary of Nagaland Lalthara said tonight, Sunday, that the government may have to intervene but there are two subjects that need thorough study prior to taking any decision. First, Lalthara said, examine whether the core issue is about the change in the designation of the polling stations and the second, see whether the dispute is over change in the name of the locality or the colony. If the core issued is about the latter aspect, the state government can intervene. If for the former aspect, the dispute is in the hands of the Election department, Lalthara said.
He said subjects associated with elections such as polling stations or polling designations and polling areas are within the purview of the Election Commission of India. Subjects concerning names of colonies, change of villages’ names or places are for the State and ‘routed through’ the Home department, the official said.
Earlier, the Election Commission of India had sought a report on the matter, from the Nagaland Chief Electoral Office.
The chief Secretary said change in names of villages or urban jurisdictions such as colonies comes through the Home department.
He said the cause and the basic circumstances surrounding the case would be studied and the government would take a decision. Queried when the government will go to work on it, Lalthara said ‘tomorrow.’ ‘The genesis of the case will be studied and basing on that, we will try to resolve the problem,’ he said.
The Chief Minister’s Office and the Home department did not returns calls made to it by this daily.
