Dimapur, October 14 (MExN): The Political Affairs Committee (PAC) of the Nagaland Pradesh Congress Committee (NPCC) has decided to stay away from the ‘superfluous’ October 15 consultative meeting convened by the State Government to discuss the Naga political issue and ongoing peace talks in Kohima.
The decision was taken during the committee’s meeting on Wednesday, the PAC informed in a press release.
“PAC was unanimous in its opinion that convening this consultative meeting has become superfluous, because it has been made clear by the negotiating parties that talks have successfully concluded on October 31, 2019 and after that, the Interlocutor and Governor has had series of consultative meetings with stakeholders, namely the 14 Nagaland Tribe Hoho’s, NGBF, civil societies and political parties,” it said.
The Governor and Government of India have already solution in their mind and we soon expect a final agreement to be signed, it added.
The release stated that the NPCC has already presented the present position of negotiation and stakeholders’ view to the High Powered Committee of All India Congress Committee and leaders of Congress Parliamentary Committees in both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, for support to the views expressed by stakeholders.
“We have been reassured that Congress will stand with stakeholders in Parliament as and when the occasion arises,” the statement said.
Since we are at the threshold of inking final agreement, the PAC anticipates that the state government under Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio “will step down in favour of solution which has been his commitment for the past seventeen years.”
It called on the Chief Minister “to uphold his commitment and avoid being an obstacle in paving way for post solution arrangement.”
“In view of the above situation, we once again reiterate our position to stay away from this ‘superfluous’ consultative meeting,” the PAC said.
