I’m sure most of you have
seen the above news clip which appeared in the local dailies on September 22.
So, are we to take it that
the democratically elected Nagaland State Government and its administrative
machinery are now defunct and the state is being governed by the NSCN-IM?
The group is now blatantly
issuing directives on civic matters in place of the administration and the
citizens are also apparently approaching them to resolve their concerns rather
than the administration. And even as all these are being played out in the
public domain, we hear only deafening silence from the government which we thought
we had elected to govern.
So, is the NPF-led
government just a puppet government good only for running up to Delhi to beg
for funds or to jet-set somewhere to receive dubious awards?
The fact that several parallel
governments function actively in our state causing all kinds of problems and
hardship for citizens is not exactly a shocker – and the number of these
so-called governments has only multiplied over the years. However, in the past,
their activities were carried out somewhat furtively, in the manner of people who
know their actions are not really legal. But, as we can see, there’s nothing
covert about it anymore.
I’m sure this question is
going to push some people into a big huff, but we the citizens have the right
to know exactly what’s going on. Who is governing the state of Nagaland – the NPF-led
government elected by the people to do the job or the NSCN-IM?