Govt must take responsibility: NPF Prez

DIMAPUR, JULY 16 (MExN): President of the Naga People’s Front (NPF), Dr Shürhozelie Liezietsu today said that the present Nagaland State Government should take responsibility with regard to the law and order situation in the State. 

A press release from the NPF President cited the series of reactions following the Governor’s March 16 letter to the Chief Minister where the former expressed concern that law and order in the State has “collapsed.” 

In response to the State Government’s assertions that law and order has instead “drastically improved,” Dr Liezietsu said that the Governor “was not talking about the situation of 20 years back, he is talking about the situation of today.”

“Out of many points mentioned in the letter, collapse of law and order in the State was a serious one. As per normal of democracy, when law and order fails in a State, those who are holding the rein of that Government should own responsibility, they cannot shift the responsibility to others. And when they own the responsibility, they should step down on “moral ground,” the NPF President said. 

The question of morality is involved here, he added, stating that “if any one does not understand it, let the matter end there and allow the people to evaluate their moral degree.” 

With regard to the NDPP’s recent statement, Dr Leizietsu said that the former must “come forward to justify their stand point by point in the Governor’s letter.  “It appears sometime they forget that they are running the government,” he observed. “A government is expected to talk about its achievements and its programs. Instead of doing that, they take more interest in gossip type of talk,” Therie said. 

Regarding the NDPP’s statements on the ULB election and the violence that surrounded the election, the NPF President said: “it was very sad indeed but the next question is who is responsible for all these incidents? Let the public guess and bring out the answer by themselves.” 

On allegations that the NPF is trying to create a rift between the State Government and the Governor, Dr Leizietsu said that these are “imaginary fears.” 

“For a few statements and comments issued by the NPF about Governor’s letter, they said that NPF exposed their frustration for sitting in the opposition. But who knows, it may turn out to be their own frustration in due course of time,” he said.