Morung Express News
Dimapur | January 31
THE NAGALAND Pradesh Congress Committee (NPCC), while strictly cautioning Congressmen or any of its subordinate bodies from joining any DAN Government-constituted policy-making bodies, has affirmed that ‘the Congress has nothing to do with them’ and would only contribute ‘issue-based support’ rather than participate as a party.
“The Congress has nothing to do with it. The Joint Legislators’ Forum for Peace and such committees are of the (NPF-led) DAN government. How can an opposition party be a part of the Government or any committee constituted by it?” questioned Hokheto Sumi, President of the NPCC. Sumi gave the reason that the Government was still NPF-run and as such the two entities were the same thing.
“Any bodies like the Joint Legislature Forum or the CCP (Consultative Committee for Peace) are same as the government and their policies cannot be followed. We will only give issue-based support” Sumi said in response to the query if the congress would participate in less-political peace committees or forums should it be invited. “The CCP as well as its appendages has no direction” he added.
“The more DAN forms committees for the same purpose the more confusion will be created. If DAN Government is at all serious for the Naga political issue, they should not blame others for their failures but should come out with a concrete proposal acceptable to all sections of the Naga people and seek the support of other Parties” according to him.
“The NPCC does not authorize any of its subordinate committee/bodies to participate as a Party in any of the policy making body formed by the present DAN Government, but would contribute only issue based support” stated the NPCC in a statement issued by President Hokheto Sumi while expressing concern about the present prevailing situations where the DAN Government in the State has disbanded its Sub-Committee for Peace.
The NPCC maintained that although tall promises were made to the people by DAN on the Naga Political issue and ‘given uninterrupted chance for three years in office to fulfill their promises into reality’ the Sub-Committee for Peace ran into bitter differences with civil organizations by alleging that they (NGOs) do not carry the mandate of the people and even blamed them of having close proximity with one underground group. “The Committee lost direction for which an alternative was (founded) by trying to form another Committee for the same purpose” the Congress accrued.
Affirming that NPCC’s policy was of ‘Equi-distance’, maintaining distance with all underground groups and act as a facilitator till they come together and work out an amicable solution to the Naga political issue. “The Congress Party without discrimination will seek the opinion of all leaders irrespective of the party affiliation as far as the Naga political issue is concerned. Every Naga tribe should hold exclusive meetings and bring forth unreserved resolutions to the General Political Convention convened by Nagaland Christian Forum for wider consultation with underground leaders to workout a consensus for final settlement of the Naga Political issue” the NPCC stated reiterating its earlier resolution.
