Kohima, June 12 (MExN): India needs a President that can check and balance the functioning of Government in India, NPCC President K Therie stated today, adding that the country cannot “afford to have another rubber stamp President.”
In this connection, he informed in a statement that Congress President Sonia Gandhi had reached out and deliberated the issue of the upcoming Presidential Election with Sharad Pawar, President, Nationalist Congress Party; Mamata Banerjee, Chairperson, Trinamool Congress; and some other opposition leaders.
I wish the meeting with Banerjee on June 15 evolves a consensus opinion to nominate the Opposition candidate, he said. He further noted that the anti-defection law is applicable to legislative functionaries only and as such, political parties have no authority to issue Whip or direct MLAs and MPs during the presidential election.
“It is purely an individual conscious vote. This is the opportune time for the privileged to express the inner feeling of the people they represent,” he added.
Therie also noted that India has lost peace due to religious divide and the economy of India is no way better than Sri Lanka. He further asserted that the “Trio Gujarat dictatorship rules” India and they use BJP members as “lifeless chessboard pawns.” Inner democracy is unknown.
“Prime Minister’s Mann Ki Baat is one-way traffic. It is only to hypnotize citizens to follow without questioning,” he added. He also accused the ruling national party of corruption and other issues including demonetization, Rafale jet deals, selling of National properties and construction of “palatial Office building” at Delhi.
In this connection, Therie asserted that India need a “socialist, secular, democratic President” to protect the Constitution of India, to bridge the religious divide, to “stop misuse” of central government agencies such as NIA, CBI, ED, ECI and judiciary as “political tools and weapons and also to protect the nation’s institutions”
He also pointed out that all Christian States’ CMs have about 6% of the total value of votes. “NDA has 48.80% and non-NDA 51.20%.I hope they will use their vote to tell the BJP that the inner mind of Christians is for peace, unity and progress. We believe in non-violence and forgiveness and not hate or violence,” he stated.
“Every MLA and MP’s vote is crucial for the people in the nation... The value of vote for each MP is 708. For Nagaland, each MLA’s vote value is 9. Your vote will be accounted toward the next election by the public you represent,” he added.
