Naga Students’ Federation slams Governor Ravi for ‘gag order’
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The Nagaland Governor’s workplace had on January 16 directed the State’s Chief Secretary to make sure authorities servants don’t publish ‘seditious and subversive’ content material on social media
The Naga Students’ Federation (NSF) has slammed Nagaland Governor R.N. Ravi for a “gag order” that prescribes stern penal and disciplinary motion in opposition to authorities servants who publish “seditious and subversive” content material on social media.
The Governor’s workplace in State capital Kohima had on January 16 knowledgeable Chief Secretary Jan-e-Alam about some authorities servants taking to social media to bask in “seditious and subversive writings challenging the territorial integrity and sovereignty of the country”.
The official communiqué referred to a social media publish by one H. Inao Jimomi Naga of Nagaland’s Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Department and directed the State authorities to take “serious” cognisance of such misconduct and “initiate appropriate” authorized and disciplinary motion in opposition to “delinquent” authorities servants.
A duplicate of the letter was marked to Union Home Secretary Ajay Kumar Bhalla.
Reacting to the directive, the NSF mentioned Mr. Ravi was attempting to “silence the voice of Naga people and suppress their rights”.
In an announcement on Tuesday night, NSF president Ninoto Awomi and normal secretary Liremo R. Kikon mentioned the directive was one other try by Mr. Ravi to undo the peace and understanding led to by his predecessors.
In singling an official, the Governor by means of the impugned directive “intends to create fear psychosis among the State government employees” and ship a message that he “has his eyes and ears planted in Naga society to achieve his desired end of dividing the Naga people”, the NSF mentioned.
The apex college students’ physique additionally mentioned that as interlocutor for the “Indo-Naga” peace talks, they anticipated Mr. Ravi to work on bringing about lasting peace as an alternative of indulging in divisive politics.
“Nagas will not be cowed by attempts to stifle their voices and belittle their legitimate rights and their voices cannot be muted, notwithstanding the evil designs of opposing forces,” the NSF mentioned, asking Mr. Ravi to not deal with the “Nagas’ struggle for self-determination as another secessionist movement”.
The Opposition Naga People’s Front additionally criticised the Governor.
“Mr. Ravi may be right but as the Centre’s interlocutor for the Naga peace talks, he seems to have become one-sided and taking extreme steps,” a celebration spokesperson mentioned whereas stating {that a} authorities worker ought to adhere to service guidelines.
This was the second letter from the Raj Bhavan in Kohima to the Chief Secretary after February 14, 2020, when it had requested the official to create “a database of State government employees’ family members and relatives in underground organisations” by April 2.
The peace course of to resolve the Naga political downside hit a tough patch after the ties between Mr. Ravi and the extremist Isak-Muivah faction of the National Socialist Council of Nagaland soured in 2020. The outfit has been in ceasefire since 1997 and had signed a framework settlement to resolve the issue in 2015.
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