Shillong, Feb 24 : Amid sharp reactions in Manipur over some controversial texts about 'Naga integration' in the Congress' manifesto for the Nagaland elections, the AICC today said there would be no changes in it.
“We cannot contest the expressions of the State units. They have their own identity and their acts are in line with the feelings of the people of the State,” AICC general secretary and party in-charge of Nagaland, Margaret Alva, told reporters here.
The Manipur Congress had urged the AICC to erase the controversial bit about “Naga integration” from the document. A resolution was also moved in the Assembly in this regard and was unanimously adopted by the House.
“This House resolves to disapprove the reported statement made by Siddarth Patil, AICC secretary and demands the AICC to cause manifesto which reads as follows: The Indian National Congress in Nagaland will continue to urge upon the Government of India the need to implement the 16-point agreement of 1970 in letter and spirit,” the resolution adopted in Manipur Assembly on February 21 stated.
The 16-point Statehood agreement includes a controversial clause on the integration of all contiguous Naga-inhabited areas.
Clause 13 of the agreement states that all contiguous Naga-inhabited areas, which reportedly includes parts of Manipur and Assam, will be under a single administration.
Patil had reiterated that the Congress was committed to implementing the 16-point statehood agreement, including the clause on integration, “in letter and spirit”.
Despite the protest lodged with AICC president Sonia Gandhi and AICC's Manipur in-charge Prithviraj Chauhan, Alva, who is also the member of the AICC manifesto committee, said, “The clause in manifesto is on the basis of the agreement made by the Government of India with Naga leaders in 1970. The mention of the agreement's clauses in the manifesto means that the Nagaland Congress would see that these clauses would be in focus during the peace negotiations.”
When asked about the protest by its Manipur Government and the Congress unit there , she said, “There has to be a compromise. One State cannot meddle with the affairs of another State. Nagaland Congress knows best what its people want,” she said, adding that the Nagaland manifesto was not that of the AICC.
“Every one is cla-mouring for space and they have their own issues,” Alva said, hoping that the Naga peace process would give results in lines with the Assam Accord and Mizo-ram Accord. PTI
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‘UNC’ MLAs for NPCC Lim clause
IMPHAL, Feb 24 : Throwing a spanner to the resolu- tion adopted by the State Assembly on February 22 to urge the AICC to drop the Lim clause from the NPCC election manifesto, the five independent MLAs, sponsored by the United Naga Council, today maintained that they are against the resolution.
Talking to The Sangai Express at the residence of MLA Danny Shaiza today, the five UNC MLAs said that they were surprised that the House passed the private member resolution bill raised by the MPP to delete the Lim clause from the NPCC election manifesto.
The five UNC sponsored candidates, include Danny Shaiza, Dr Khashim Ruivah, K Raina, Wungnaoshang Keishing and Awangbou Newmei.
Stressing their point, the UNC sponsored MLAs said that when the private member resolution to delete the Lim clause from the NPCC manifesto was raised, none of them were present in the House.
As such the UNC sponsored MLAs can never accept the resolution passed by the House, said the five MLAs.
To a question why they were not present when such a critical issue was being discussed on the floor of the Assembly, they replied that the since an issue concerning Naga integration was brought up in a private resolution bill inside the House, they did not want to attend the session.
The UNC sponsored MLAs further said that they were surprised that private member resolution Bill raised by the Opposition was admitted in the House in the first place.
The demand to integrate all Naga inhabited areas under one administrative unit is being raised on the Government of India, they said and added that the question of whether it will be granted or not are two different things. The relationship between Nagaland and Manipur may be affected severely if the two Assemblies keep on passing contradictory resolutions.
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“We cannot contest the expressions of the State units. They have their own identity and their acts are in line with the feelings of the people of the State,” AICC general secretary and party in-charge of Nagaland, Margaret Alva, told reporters here.
The Manipur Congress had urged the AICC to erase the controversial bit about “Naga integration” from the document. A resolution was also moved in the Assembly in this regard and was unanimously adopted by the House.
“This House resolves to disapprove the reported statement made by Siddarth Patil, AICC secretary and demands the AICC to cause manifesto which reads as follows: The Indian National Congress in Nagaland will continue to urge upon the Government of India the need to implement the 16-point agreement of 1970 in letter and spirit,” the resolution adopted in Manipur Assembly on February 21 stated.
The 16-point Statehood agreement includes a controversial clause on the integration of all contiguous Naga-inhabited areas.
Clause 13 of the agreement states that all contiguous Naga-inhabited areas, which reportedly includes parts of Manipur and Assam, will be under a single administration.
Patil had reiterated that the Congress was committed to implementing the 16-point statehood agreement, including the clause on integration, “in letter and spirit”.
Despite the protest lodged with AICC president Sonia Gandhi and AICC's Manipur in-charge Prithviraj Chauhan, Alva, who is also the member of the AICC manifesto committee, said, “The clause in manifesto is on the basis of the agreement made by the Government of India with Naga leaders in 1970. The mention of the agreement's clauses in the manifesto means that the Nagaland Congress would see that these clauses would be in focus during the peace negotiations.”
When asked about the protest by its Manipur Government and the Congress unit there , she said, “There has to be a compromise. One State cannot meddle with the affairs of another State. Nagaland Congress knows best what its people want,” she said, adding that the Nagaland manifesto was not that of the AICC.
“Every one is cla-mouring for space and they have their own issues,” Alva said, hoping that the Naga peace process would give results in lines with the Assam Accord and Mizo-ram Accord. PTI
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‘UNC’ MLAs for NPCC Lim clause
IMPHAL, Feb 24 : Throwing a spanner to the resolu- tion adopted by the State Assembly on February 22 to urge the AICC to drop the Lim clause from the NPCC election manifesto, the five independent MLAs, sponsored by the United Naga Council, today maintained that they are against the resolution.
Talking to The Sangai Express at the residence of MLA Danny Shaiza today, the five UNC MLAs said that they were surprised that the House passed the private member resolution bill raised by the MPP to delete the Lim clause from the NPCC election manifesto.
The five UNC sponsored candidates, include Danny Shaiza, Dr Khashim Ruivah, K Raina, Wungnaoshang Keishing and Awangbou Newmei.
Stressing their point, the UNC sponsored MLAs said that when the private member resolution to delete the Lim clause from the NPCC manifesto was raised, none of them were present in the House.
As such the UNC sponsored MLAs can never accept the resolution passed by the House, said the five MLAs.
To a question why they were not present when such a critical issue was being discussed on the floor of the Assembly, they replied that the since an issue concerning Naga integration was brought up in a private resolution bill inside the House, they did not want to attend the session.
The UNC sponsored MLAs further said that they were surprised that private member resolution Bill raised by the Opposition was admitted in the House in the first place.
The demand to integrate all Naga inhabited areas under one administrative unit is being raised on the Government of India, they said and added that the question of whether it will be granted or not are two different things. The relationship between Nagaland and Manipur may be affected severely if the two Assemblies keep on passing contradictory resolutions.
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