Former MP CM Chang on December 13 meeting

DIMAPUR, DECEMBER 15 (MExN): Former MP and ex-Minister, CM Chang on Friday issued a clarification that he had attended the meeting at Hotel De Oriental Grand on December 13, 2017 with full faith on the recent reconciliation between the NPF groups and had no knowledge of the intention of “some legislators to dislodge Chief Minister TR Zeliang.”   A press release issued by the former MP who is currently the Advisor to Planning & Co-ordination, Nagaland Civil Secretariat claimed that he received calls from three senior legislators on the fateful day asking him to report immediately to a meeting at the said hotel where the NPF president and MP Rahya Sabha would also be attending. The former MP also said he received a call from the CMO telling him that the Chief Minister was calling. Upon reaching the hotel, there were some legislators already seated. The meeting started after the arrival of the MP Rajya Sabha and was later joined by MP Lok Sabha. The former MP alleged that the gates were locked and car keys seized.   “I was completely ignorant of the intention of some legislators present to dislodge the CM,” the former MP said while declaring his support behind the leadership of CM TR Zeliang to work together for the welfare of the state.