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Fully to the Call of Clean of Reports of Some Vot- Such Malpractice WWW.EASTERNMIRRORNAGALAND.COM EASTERN MIRROR Jaitley calls RSS worker’s Ronnie Wood's secret lung Vijender offers to return title, murder ‘most brutal’ | P8 cancer battle | P10 wants peace with China | P11 NATION ENTERTAINMENT SPORTS VOL. XVI NO. 214 | PAGES 12 ` 4/- RNI NO. NAGENG/2002/07906 DIMAPUR, MONDAY, AUGUST 7, 2017 ‘FOOLED’ FOR SEVEN YEARS Angami Baptist body decries questionable electoral activities Fuming Lotha and Rengma apex bodies Dimapur, August 6 down heavily on those who had ‘responded wil- (EMN): In the backdrop who were participants of fully to the call of clean of reports of some vot- such malpractice. election and chose to re- ers, as well as candidate, “God will deal with main clean’. serve ‘rain or no rain’ ultimatum indulging in activities that you and more severe- “May God bless you breached the principles ly”, the Angami Baptist richly and increase your Dimapur, August 6 2016, and to spend 20% of clean election – a cam- Church Council (ABCC) tribe”, it stated while (EMN): Seven years of of the sanctioned amount paign spearheaded by the stated in a message direct- pledging to continue its having been played the within 2016-17, or else the NBCC– during the recent- ed to those who flouted campaign for a ‘God- ‘fool’ by the authorities sanction would lapse; and ly concluded by-election the clean elections princi- honouring society’ de- concerned has prompted that the work be completed to 10 Northern Angami ple. This was contained in spite what it stated was the two apex tribe organi- by end of November 2019. assembly constituency, a press release issued on ‘determined opposing ele- sations – Lotha Hoho and “But sadly, due to in- the apex Angami Baptist Sunday. ments’. Rengma Hoho – to serve a action of the NHAN, the church body has come It also lauded those Read full text in Page 6 final ultimatum in connec- financial year 2016-17 is tion with repair works at now over. It is now made National Highway 2. known that an Arunachal- On Sunday, the two or- based contractor, by the ‘Framework agreement does ganisations issued a press name TK Engineering statement containing an Corporation Pvt Ltd, has ultimatum to the National been awarded the con- not affect other NE states’ Highway Authorities, Na- tract work for this stretch Dimapur, August 6 sensitive.” sues raised by the NSCN galand (NHAN). Mak- A file picture of a poster hung by youth from the Rengma community earlier this year to protest the of the NH 2. The hohos (EMN): The government He also asserted that (IM),” the minister stat- ing it clear to the NHAN poor condition of NH 2 stretch between Wokha and Tseminyu. also smell rotten fish in the of India has once again “prior consultation” with ed. to end the “hide and seek award of the contract work stated that it has been other north-eastern states Bora, a former Assam game”, the two organisa- ruled to award the work it at par with the existing failing which total indefi- to this contractor. How- working towards arriv- on the framework agree- minister who now also tions have asked the latter to M/s VASCON, vide status. However it was re- nite bandh would be im- ever the hohos would, for ing at a solution to the ment to bring about last- heads Assam Pradesh to complete earth-cutting the court’s ruling dated vealed that the concerned posed on NH 2. the time being, only insist protracted Indo-Naga ing peace in Nagaland Congress Commit- works for said project by 08.04.2011”, the state- (sic) minister had asked “A meeting on the on the work quality rather peace, even as it chose to “was not required as it tee (APCC), raised five November this year “rain ment read. the contractor to please matter was held on the than raising other ques- play safe by not sharing was a framework agree- questions to know about or no rain”. It informed that the him and no action was tak- 17.4.2017, in the office of tions”, it stated. the details of the frame- ment and did not affect different aspects of the Failure to complete the NHAN was even fined Rs en by NHAN, for the obvi- the deputy commissioner, The two organisations work agreement signed them”. This was stated framework agreement. work within stipulated pe- 15000/- (Rupees fifteen ous reasons and kept the Wokha, and the NHAN have also reminded the between New Delhi and in a report carried by The According to Bora, riod would leave no room thousand) as penalty by matter pending for nearly assured the hohos, that NHAN that it had com- NSCN (IM) on August 3, Sentinel, in Assam, on the centre has kept other for negotiation, the two the court ‘for its procedur- three years and the project work would be started mitted ‘to hand over copies 2015. Sunday. north-eastern states, in- apex bodies warned while al lapses in tendering and was de-sanctioned”. within three months, latest of all related documents In a written statement Rijiju admitted that cluding Assam, in the hinting that they could for backdoor award of the The two organisations by 17.7.2017, which was such as the DPR , the work submitted to the Rajya the NSCN (IM) has dark about the agree- take the matter to court. contract work’. reminded that they have also published in the local order etc, in the many Sabha recently, the un- demanded a greater ment, particularly on “The fiasco on works “Even so, the NHAN submitted a joint memo- media on the 19.4.2017”. meetings at Tseminyu in ion minister of state for Nagalim by including the issue of integration of NH 2 widening from 40 refused to comply with the randum to the NHAN ON But even now the work July 2017 and Wokha in Home Affairs, Kiren Ri- some areas of Assam, of Naga-inhabited ar- km to 72 km (Tseminyu- court’s order and instead, June 4, 2015, following has yet to start, they in- April 2017’. “Hence the jiju said a detailed agree- Arunachal Pradesh and eas, one of the principal Wokha sectors) is run- along with M/s Meenak- which the then minister of formed. “It just seems hohos ask the NHAN to ment was being worked Manipur, according to demands of the NSCN ning for over 7 years: since shi Infrastructure Pvt the department concerned that the Nagaland Na- make available the docu- out. He was responding the report. (IM). 18.06.2010, when sanction Ltd took, a Special Leave had assured that works tional Highways Author- ments such as DPR, work to questions raised by Ri- “Prior consultation, And even as the was accorded by MoRTH, petition (SLP) and filed would begin within two ity is hell-bent to fool the order, agreement, MoRTH pun Bora, a Congress MP with the state govern- neighbouring states of GOI. The tendering pro- the same in the Supreme weeks of publication of hohos only instead of ex- notification on land/dam- from Assam. ments, on the framework Nagaland are awaiting cess went haywire due to Court, which was dis- the news on September 30, ecuting the work. It may age compensation, within Rijiju however refused agreement between the clarity on the framework politicisation. missed, dated 23.08.2013. 2015. be emphasised that the 10 days, from date of pub- to share details of the government of India and agreement, the opposi- “The supposedly genu- “After a day, on “After waiting and GOI (MORTH) had ap- lication: by 17th of August framework agreement on NSCN (IM) was not re- tion Congress in Assam ine and deserving; but dis- 25.8.2013, and in compli- hoping against hope for proved the DPR and ac- 2017”. the contention that doing quired as it was a frame- has asserted that any criminatd tenderer, M/s ance of the court’s order, six months, the two ho- corded sanction on the They maintained so at this stage might be work agreement which move that affects the in- VASCON & Co went to M/s DRV-VASCON (JV) hos again, on 9.4.2017, 31.10.2016, with specific that ‘such attitude of the “prejudicial to the final did not affect them. terests of the state would the Delhi High Court and wrote to NHAN for al- served an ultimatum to the condition that the work NHAN was discrimina- settlement”. He stated: Integration of Naga be opposed “tooth and won the case. The court lotment of the work to NHAN to start the work; must start by December tory and questionable’. “The matter is extremely areas is one of the is- nail”. New education minister Press doesn't have preaches revamp of ‘system’ exclusive right to Dimapur, August 6 munitisation of schools appear to be not (EMN): Recently instated very encouraging as most of the school criticise anyone: Court minister for School Educa- management committees/boards do not tion and Parliamentary Af- want to be inspected by the departmental New Delhi, August 6 (PTI): Press does not have fairs, Tokheho Yepthomis officers and interference by the depart- any exclusive right or special privilege to com- has suggested that the de- ment is often viewed as undesirable. The ment, criticise or make imputations or allegations cision to ‘communitise’ problem of misuse of sanctioned funds which are sufficient to ruin a citizen's reputation, school education in the and non-submission of utilization certifi- a Delhi court has said. state has failed to harvest cates are among the biggest bottlenecks Further, journalists do not have greater free- ‘encouraging’ outcome.
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