Kohima: After 43 years of formation of the state, Nagaland government on Tuesday moved a resolution in the Assembly seeking constitution of a house committee to scrutinise various Acts passed by Parliament under the article 371(a) of the Constitution.
Article 371(a) under which Nagaland was formed in 1963 provides special Constitution provisions to safeguard the tribal states ensuring that no Acts passed by Paliament will be applicable to Nagaland unless those are passed by the state Assembly.
Moving the motion, Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio, on opening day of the current monsoon session of the House, said as the history of evolution of Nagaland state was unique, the government sought constitution of a standing committee of legislative Assembly for scrutinising the application of Acts passed by Parliament in the state.
Pointing out that the Article 371-a, particularly clause 1(a), provides special federal relations between the state and the union of India, the Chief Minister said, Parliament, since enactment of the Article 371-a, had passed several Acts in the past and accordingly Nagaland Assembly passed or adopted them without much discussions.
Nagaland assembly never scrutinised those Acts, including the constitutional amendments, to know their impact on the state, Rio said adding till date the state did not have any mechanism to identify those Acts of Parliament that should not be applied to Nagaland unless the legislative Assembly by a resolution so decided.
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