Kohima, 25 April (MTNews): The Naga Students’ Federation (NSF) has reiterated their demand to the Nagaland government to set up a committee or commission to oversee the implementation of the online ILP system in the state.
The federation expressed that they are perturbed that the enforcement of the ILP in the North Eastern states has not been properly implemented and pointed out that the influx of illegal immigrants is posing as the biggest demographic threat to the indigenous inhabitants of the region.
“The lack of stringent implementation of the Bengal Eastern Frontier Regulation (BEFR) 1873 has made the Naga homeland a safe haven for Illegal Immigrants. To regulate the flow of tourists and control the influx of illegal immigrants through the effective implementation of ILP needs a tough and honest government run by tough and honest leaders, tough and honest bureaucracy backed by a tough and honest general public,” the federation stated in a press release issued today.
According to the federation, one can safely assert that an overwhelming population of people with questionable identities inhabit the various parts of the Naga homeland.
“This has come as a major threat to our identity, culture and our survival and resulting in societal destruction. This undeniable threat threatens to plunge our society into a situation wherein we could become a minority in our own land,” the federation feared.
Describing it as a “looming danger caused by the unabated influx of the illegal immigrants into our land,” the NSF appealed the government to put in place a robust mechanism to protect all genuine citizens and reiterated their demand that a committee/commission be set up to oversee the implementation of the online ILP system in the state.
The Federation further directed all its federating units and subordinate bodies to implement in toto the resolution adopted at the Emergency Federal Assembly of the Federation held on 22 April 2023 to effectively carry out the “responsible role of monitoring and verifying the outsiders in their respective jurisdiction” while also submitting a census report to the office of NSF within 2 months period with effect from 23rd April 2023.