Close on the heels of the passage of the Nagaland Municipal Act (Repeal Bill 2023) on the last day of the first session of the 14th Nagaland Legislative Assembly (NLA) on March 28 to repeal the Nagaland Municipal Act 2001 in toto, several women leaders have objected to the decision to repeal the Act and took exception to the fact that it was done “without any civil dialogue or consultation with women.”