Naga organisations demanding the creation of “Frontier Nagaland” have affirmed their decision “not to participate” the elections to Nagaland’s lone Lok Sabha constituency on April 19.
Leaders of 10 organisations representing the people of six “backward” districts of the eastern part of Nagaland held a public meeting at Tuensang on Tuesday and resolved unanimously to stand by a February 23 resolution not to participate in Central or State elections and ask the people of ‘Eastern Nagaland’ to refrain from casting their votes.
The organisations, led by the Eastern Nagaland Public Organisation (ENPO), said the resolution followed the Centre’s failure to create the ‘Frontier Nagaland Territory before the declaration of the model code of conduct for the parliamentary polls as promised.
Eastern Nagaland, comprising the Mon, Kiphire, Longleng, Noklak, Shamator, and Tuensang districts, have been going through a “public emergency” that imposes restrictions on people living in the region.
Tuesday’s meeting resolved to temporarily suspend all forms of restrictions under the public emergency from March 21.
Meanwhile, ENLU legislators’ appointment to meet Home minister Amit Shah at Delhi could not be confirmed in view of the Lok Sabha elections.