TMNL vexed with long delay in holding ADC election
Ukhrul Correspondent6 Mar 2024
TMNL president Themaso Tallanao questioned the intention behind inordinate delay in conducting the ADC elections for the past three years.
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TMNL president Themaso Tallanao questioned the intention behind inordinate delay in conducting the ADC elections for the past three years.
The former ADCs members and new aspirants have every reason to be angry and devastated, as the state government is encroaching upon what should have been the responsibility or power and functions of elected representatives of the Autonomous District Council.
IFP Editorial: While elections to the various Autonomous District Councils are being continuously put off for one reason or the other, the state government tried hard to fill up the various posts under ADC.
IFP Editorial: Former ADCs members and new aspirants have every reason to be angry and devastated, as the state government is encroaching upon what should have been the responsibility or power and functions of elected representatives of the Autonomous District Council.
HAC chairman Dinganglung Gangmei (Dipu): Bill needs to be politically feasible, socially acceptable, legally sustainable.
Letpao Haokip who is also a member of the Hill Area Committee (HAC) of the draft bill, ‘The Manipur (Hill Areas) Autonomous District Council Bill, 2021’ said the bill should be constituted under rules and regulations of the Indian Constitution and no person can make objections against it.
The Hill Area Committee has termed the government meeting notice on November 27 "ultra vires" which directly contradicts the Rules of Procedure and Conduct Of Business in Manipur Legislative Assembly and thereby breaking all conventions as followed by the Legislature since the creation of the state in 1972.
IFP Editorial: Instead of beating about the bush the chief minister and his government needs to come clear of the threats posed by the proposed ADC bill to the territorial integrity of the state.
As the Kuki Students' Organisation (KSO) Moreh block enforced the ongoing economic blockade at Chikim village along Moreh-Imphal road, its volunteers halted vehicles and conducted checks.
The 24-hour total shutdown was called by tribal student bodies over the HAC recommended ‘Manipur (Hill Areas) ADC Bill 2021’.
Indefinite economic blockade to be held along the National Highways in the state from Monday.
IFP Editorial: Although the intended objective of the campaign for the ADC Bill was to consolidate and increase the vote bank of a particular party allied with the BJP, it has also resulted in creating deep fissures in the hill-valley relations.
ATSUM president urged the tribal community to stand united until the tabling of the bill in the assembly is achieved.
IFP Editorial: When one talks of territorial integrity, most of us are fixated on the possible outcome of NSCN (I-M) and Government of India only. The concept of territorial integrity rather encompasses anything which dare threatens our borders and the issues of territorial disputes.
A 12-hour bandh has been called in Senapati district, starting from 6 am of Wednesday endorsing the call of the ATSUM to boycott the state’s “Go to Hills 2.0” campaign.
The decision to proceed with the ‘Go to Hills 2.0’ programmes, after aggressive moves to push forward discriminatory and unconstitutional policies, is a direct insult to the tribal and indigenous communities in Manipur, a release stated.
The student body also appealed to the general public not to participate in the upcoming Go to Hills 2.0 which is due for Senapati district.
IFP Editorial: The recent move to appoint nine valley MLAs in the Hill Areas Committee was a move ill-advised. It boomeranged and was subsequently withdrawn, but the damage had already been done.
11th Manipur Legislative Assembly 13th Session: Tribal Affairs and Hills Minister Vungzagin Valte appealed to all tribal communities of Manipur to have faith in the due process of law and the present BJP-led government.