Congress warns govt against measures to weaken Article 371(A)

A copy of the resolution made available to the mediastated that the joint meeting was attended by the eight Congress Legislature Party members, NPCC office bearers and members, frontal chiefs and presidents of District Congress Committee. Deliberating on various contentious issues of public importance especially on the DAN government’s proposed Nagaland Special Development Zones (NSDZs) along the foothills of the state, wherever possible, the Congress unanimously resolved that the proposed NSDZ be strictly implemented in accordance with the provisions under Article 371A of the Constitution bestowed on the state.

Maintaining that the resolution was passed in the State Assembly on March 24 last, the Congress also asked the government to establish NSDZs without contravening the relevant legislations already passed by the State Assembly.

Further resolving to warn the DAN government against taking any measures to weaken Article 371A in the name of development, the Congress said “the hard earned constitutional safeguards under Article 371A remains the basic foundation of the people of Nagaland.”