DIMAPUR:
The Nagaland People’s Action Committee (NPAC) will hold a mass rally at Supermarket in Dimapur on August 5 to demand an early solution to the Naga political issue.
NPAC, which urged all the citizens of Dimapur and neighbouring districts to support the call for peace and solution to the Naga issue and participate in the rally, had earlier formed a local committee for the smooth conduct of the rally.
The members of the local committee include presidents of the Naga Council Dimapur, Western Sumi Hoho, Ao Senso Telongjem, Confederation of Nagaland Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Dimapur Urban Council Chairmen Federation, Private Buses Association, Muslim Council Dimapur, Niuland GB Association, Chumoukedima GB Association, Dimapur Naga Students’ Union, Dimapur Women Hoho, Dimapur District Citizens’ Forum, Dimapur District GB Union and Dimapur Auto Drivers Union.
Extending support to the proposed mass rally, the Dimapur District Citizens’ Forum and the Dimapur Chamber of Commerce and Industries appealed to all the business establishments under Dimapur district to down their shutters from 10 am of August 5 till the rally.
In a joint statement, both the organisations also appealed to all the citizens of Dimapur district to halt all other activities and participate in the rally.
The statement also said the NPAC organized the rally to put pressure on the parties concerned to settle the Indo-Naga political issue at the earliest.