Dimapur, January 22 (MExN): Dismissing the contention that the 60 Legislatures in the Nagaland Legislative Assembly have came together to stand unitedly on the ‘Naga Issue,’ the Nagaland Pradesh Congress Committee (NPCC) President K Therie today ridiculed the same saying, “they come together only for 30 minutes.”
He said this while addressing a public rally on the second day of the ongoing NPCC Mass Contact for Change Tour at Phek and at a meeting with elders at Meluri today.
According to a press note from NPCC Media Cell, Therie further maintained that the present ‘imbroglio’ involving the 8 Congress MLAs has emerged because they failed to uphold the Party’s Social, Secular and Democratic principles and ideologies.
Despite the Party making its stand clear time and again that it cannot be a partner with BJP because of their opposing ideologies and principles, they had ignored the directives of the AICC and joined the NPF led BJP-DAN Government, Therie reportedly told the gathering.
The NPCC President criticized the Nagaland State government saying that the people had given their mandate and voted the NPF to power but was rewarded with “no roads, no power, no water, no infrastructure and successive deficit budgets.”
Further questioning the present Central government under Bharatiya Janata Party, he claimed that during 60 years of Congress rule, the nation has never been divided by religion, caste, tribe and food but under the present dispensation, “Churches were burnt down, Christians were persecuted and temples were built in place of Churches.”
Highlighting the NPCC Roadmap Therie urged the people to join hands and march forward if they want change. “The Party is willing to work with like-minded people for a common future,” Therie maintained.
