Kohima: Leader of Congress Legislature Party (CLP) Tokheho Yepthomi today urged the Nagaland People’s Front government to ‘rethink’ before complying with the Centre’s purported move to send two battalions of IRB(NAP) from Nagaland to be deployed at Chhattisgarh to tackle the Maoist menace.
In a statement, Yepthomi said he had “reliable information” that the ministry of home affairs (MHA) has sought two battalions of IRB(NAP) from Nagaland to be deployed at Chhattisgarh to tackle the menace of Maoist activities.
Tokheho said that it would not be proper for the state to send 4 or 5 battalions of Nagaland Armed Police as demanded by the Centre to other states at one go even if it was obligatory on the part of the state to comply.
Tokheho said that the state has already committed a battalion-plus strength of Nagaland armed police for policing duties in Delhi and the 11 IRB battalion, which is currently deployed in Puruial, West Bengal to combat Naxalites. He said the 11 IR will be relieved by another IR battalion in a month’s time. (PTI)
