BJP National ST Morcha President and MP, Sameer Oraon (sitting middle) along with ST Morcha, Nagaland state officials at Hotel Japu.
Kohima, April 17 (MExN): BJP National ST Morcha President and MP Sameer Oraon declared that the Bharatiya Janata Party is the only party that has recognized and brought the tribal community of India to the socio-economic and political forefront of the country.
According to a press release from the BJP Mokokchung District on Sunday, the ST Morcha National President was speaking as the special guest at the executive meeting of the BJP ST Morcha, Nagaland State Unit held at Hotel Japfu on April 16 where Minister for Tribal Affairs & Higher Education and Nagaland BJP President Temjen Imna Along Longkumer along with a host of party leaders were present.
Since the year 2003, from the time of Late Atal Behari Vajpayee, the BJP has always worked for the welfare of the tribal community, said the National ST President. He further added due to the visions of BJP, 12.5 million tribal people in the country are now in the political and economic forefront of the country, the release stated.
Minister Temjen Imna Along, while speaking at the programme, praised the ST Morcha, Nagaland unit for always being at the forefront in the service of the people. He highly congratulated the ST Morcha for their humanitarian works especially during years 2020 and 2021, the unfortunate years of COVID-19 pandemic. He said that the good works rendered by the BJP ST Morcha all over the state, even in the midst of the virulent COVID 19 virus, would always be appreciated by the BJP and the people as a whole, the release stated.
Meanwhile, President of ST Morcha, Nagaland state unit, Awan Konyak said that the ‘ST Morcha BJP’ is often considered as the ‘Light Brigade’ where the karyakartas render help in every way possible for the welfare of the people.
Delivering her presidential speech, she maintained that the BJP in Nagaland is making path breaking moves where the party boldly fielded and elected S Phangnon Konyak as the first Naga woman MP to Rajya Sabha. She further said that the ST Morcha would always endeavor for the rights and welfare of the Naga people and at the same time added that the Naga people, along with all the tribal community in India, have great hopes as the BJP and Prime Minister Narendra Modi envisions for the country to move ahead.
