TUOPHEMA Students debated on the controversial Nagaland Liquor Total Prohibition (NLTP) Act, 1989, at the ongoing 30th biennial general conference of the Angami Students’ Union (ASU) at Touphema village on Saturday. A debate on the topic: “Is it time to lift the Nagaland Liquor Total Prohibition (NLTP) Act?” was held in one of the segments of the conference. Students speaking in favour of the motion asserted that it was high time to lift the NLTP Act, which totally prohibits possession, sale, consumption, export, import and manufacture of liquor in Nagaland. They argued that despite the Act being passed 34 years ago by the Nagaland Legislative Assembly, liquor is available across the state and its consumption has only increased. “It is high time we stop fooling ourselves,” said one student, adding that the Act has only given rise to more illegal activities “which is a mockery to our so-called dry state”. The introduction of NLTP Act has led to increase in the price of l
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Nagaland Baptist Church Council (NBCC) has objected to the State government’s decision to make alcohol available for G20 guests and instead urged the government to implement the Nagaland Liquor Total Prohibition (NLTP) Act with proper will power and resoluteness. In a statement, NBCC general secretary Rev Dr Zelhou Keyho alleged that the Act had been in the cold storage for three decades and had never been systematically implemented.