Tension is running high in Nagaland, particularly in state Capital Kohima as the deadline set by some social organisations for resignation of Chief Minister TR Zeliang expires tonight even as the police and security forces are put on strict vigil to deal with any eventualities.
While the Nagaland Tribes Action Committee (NTAC) and Joint Coordination Committee (JCC) had set a deadline of three days for resignation of the Chief Minister owning moral responsibility for death of two youths in police firing last month, the Nagaland Chief Minister is unlikely to resign and says that there are politics at play behind the protests over the issues.
The NTAC and JCC met state Governor on Friday and appraised him of the deteriorating law and order situation in the state. The two organisation has also appealed to the people of the State to be ready for any kinds of eventuality if the Chief Minister does not resign by Friday.
Nagaland Director General of Police (DGP) ll Doungel said that the situation is normal in Kohima as well as in Dimapur now. “There are deployment of adequate number of forces in Kohima and Dimapur. We are not taking any chances and so curfew had been imposed in selected areas of Kohima and Dimapur,” said Doungel while adding that police and security forces are prepared to deal with any eventualities.
“The deadline set by the organisations will expire tonight. We do not expect any violence immediately but kept the forces on alert so as to handle any situation in shortest possible time,” he added.
It may be mentioned here that the two tribal organisations — the NTAC and JCC had recently decided to continue with the demand for resignation of Chief Minister Zeliang and said that they would not stop until the Chief Minister resigns owing his moral responsibility for the two youths killed in police firing.
The CM on the other hand said that there is no question of resignation as he has got the adequate number of legislators supporting him in the State legislative Assembly.
“The majority of a government can be proved only in the Assembly and not through violent protests on streets. There is no question of resigning as I have the support of all the MlAs,” said Zeliang on Friday.
Earlier the Chief Minister had said that a section of people with vested political interests are using the protesters for some petty political reasons.
The Nagaland Chief Minister met union home minister Rajnath Singh in New Delhi yesterday and briefed him about the situation in the hill state.