Kohima: Allaying fears that President's Rule might provide free hand to armed forces, Nagaland Governor K Shankaranarayan has said maintenance of law and order would be his top priority.
"President's Rule means civil rule, not army rule, where the civil administration, police and governor have to run the government efficiently and smoothly," he said in view of some political parties and organisations assertion that President's Rule meant army rule leading to sufferings of the people.
Addressing a security co-ordination meeting at police headquarters yesterday, the governor asked the police and paramilitary forces to remain alert. The governor directed the director general of police to issue instructions to all senior police officials to make available police officers and personnel at their places of posting so that they could visit the place of occurrence of any incident.
