Guwahati, Sept 02: Nagaland government has decided to table a resolution in the state assembly denouncing the Forest Conservation (Amendment) Act and the proposed Uniform Civil Code (UCC).

Government spokesperson and Minister for Parliamentary Affairs and Power K.G. Kenye said that the 4-day long Assembly session is scheduled to begin on September 11.

The Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP) led coalition government had earlier expressed its reservation on both the Forest Conservation (Amendment) Act and the proposed Uniform Civil Code (UCC).

With 12 MLAs, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is also a partner of the government.

“The government held consultative meetings on Friday with apex tribal bodies and civil society organisations (CSOs) of the state and decided to move the resolution,” Kenye told the media.

He said several Naga civil societies and intellectuals expressed concern that the Forest Act might flout into the special rights guaranteed under Article 371A of the Constitution.

Article 371A grants special protection to the Nagas in Nagaland on traditional customary, religious and social practices and also on ownership and transfer of land and its resources.

In Friday’s meeting, the tribal bodies and CSOs urged the government not to enforce the two Acts in the state, he said.

In July this year, the Nagaland government had requested the Law Commission to exempt the state from the purview of UCC.

The Minister earlier said that the state government has officially made the submission to the 22nd Law Commission during the recent visit of a ministerial team led by Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio to New Delhi.

He said that the team also met Union Home Minister Amit Shah and he assured that the Centre is considering exempting Christians and some tribal states from the purview of UCC.

“People of Nagaland would not accept the imposition of UCC and are against even with the idea of such enactment of it. There are resentments from all quarters with tribal bodies and civil society organisations openly declaring not to accept the imposition of UCC,” Kenye stated.

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