The Naga Mothers' Association (NMA) has turned down the proposal of the Nagaland government for an out-of-court settlement on the issue of 33 per cent women's reservation in the elections to Urban Local Bodies (ULB) in the state.
"NMA has not accepted the proposal," NMA President Abeiu Meru said today.
The proposal was made in a meeting where the Chief Minister T.R Zeliang and senior bureaucrats met a 28-member NMA delegation yesterday, she said.
NMA, an apex body of the tribal women in the state, has filed a petition in the Supreme Court to direct the state government to conduct the election to ULBs with 33 per cent women's reservation in accordance with the Nagaland Municipal (First Amendment) Act, 2006.
