Overview
- The demonstration is scheduled to start at 10 a.m. from Old MLA Hostel Junction (Phoolbari) and proceed to Lok Bhavan, where a memorandum will be submitted to the President via the governor.
- The Ministry of Home Affairs issued a January 28 directive requiring the revised national song to be sung or played at official functions and in educational institutions.
- NSF argues the compulsory requirement is inappropriate because Vande Mataram contains devotional imagery that may not align with many residents’ beliefs.
- Federating units were instructed to hold peaceful demonstrations across Naga areas on March 16 and to submit photo and video evidence to the NSF office.
- Regional bodies including the Ao Students’ Conference and Zeliangrong Students’ Union backed NSF, advised institutions in their districts not to enforce the directive, and called for symbolic campus protests, as the Nagaland Assembly Speaker affirmed the right to peaceful protest and noted a Select Committee review under Article 371(A).