Says the incident was a game plan to derail peace process
Morung express News
Dimapur | December 16
The Nagaland Pradesh Congress Committee (NPCC) has written to the President of India calling for constituting an All-party Parliamentary Committee to investigate the December 4 Oting killings in Mon, Nagaland. NPCC President, K Therie informed at a press conference in Dimapur, today, that the demand was contained in a representation submitted on December 15 through the Nagaland and Assam Governor.
It was one of three demands. The second called for delivering justice by arresting the perpetrators of the killings and the third called for resolving the Indo-Naga political problem “under President’s Rule to avoid bias and ill will.”
Therie said that “If the intent of the GOI is not to derail peace and if GOI is for justice” the three points be implemented.
He told the press conference that the people need to present the “other side of the story (Oting killings)” to the Government of India. On the other hand, he accused the Neiphiu Rio-led government of misleading the Union Home Minister. He said, “Amit Shah was misled to state in Parliament that vehicle was stopped first. And who misled Shah?”
According to him, maintaining law and order is a state subject as protecting life and security of the people of Nagaland is the responsibility of the state government and the Chief Minister. However, he claimed that the state government was sleeping when the incident happened. He questioned as to what the police were doing after the ambush and the sequence of violence that followed.
“This was a complete failure of administration and it has caused lives. The objective of the state government is to derail peace so that he (CM) could fish over troubled water,” he held, while adding, “Oting (killings) was a game plan to derail the peace process.”
While stating that there is no need for applying AFSPA in Nagaland, he accused that Nagaland state government of taking shelter under the draconian law. “In reality, there is no reason why AFSPA is required. It should have been removed,” he added, while claiming that the military cannot take suo moto action when there is a ceasefire.
An excerpt of the representation to the President read, “In the circumstance and situation AFSPA is not necessary. In our view if impunity is given to Oting massacre criminals; on the Strength of AFSPA, it is an utter violation of Ceasefire and uncalled for. The action shows, India is going back from their own commitment.”
