Separate budgets for the Nagas under AA :: Standing at a cross road - Sangai Express Editorial :: October 10 , 2013 - Separate budgets for the Nagas of Manipur under the Alternative Arrangement mooted by the United Naga Council. So what is wrong or right with it ? To the UNC and other Naga frontal organisations which have been raising the banner of Alternative Arrangement for the Nagas of Manipur outside the Government of Manipur, everything is right with this demand, while to the State Government and to those who stand by the geo-political reality called Manipur, nothing is right with this demand. How Delhi responds or views the demand put up by the UNC to the 14th Finance Commission team, which recently visited Manipur, remains to be seen, but what is clear is that the UNC seems to know where to press the button and take their demand to a higher plane. A State within a State or a separate administrative arrangement for certain areas within the State of Manipur. This is the underlining point in the demand for an Alternative Arrangement for the Nagas of Manipur, pending a final settlement to the political dialogue between the Government of India and the NSCN (IM). Such an arrangement may be within the ambit of the Constitution of India, as understood in the provisions provided by the 6th Schedule, but then again it also stands true that each State is unique in its own ways and what may be applicable to a State like Assam need not necessarily work in a State like Manipur. Read full :: bit.ly/GOvkN8
Posted on: Thu, 10 Oct 2013 05:31:47 +0000
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