DAN celebrates thanksgiving service of 2 years completion of government under TR leadership
Our Correspondent
Kohima | May 24
The Democratic Alliance of Nagaland (DAN) Co-ordination Chairman, Dr. Shurhozelie Liezietsu today said certain forces have been working from within the Naga People’s Front (NPF) party, thereby affecting the minds of the public.
“It was unfortunate that the smooth functioning in the government and also peace in Nagaland had been continuously disturbed by a group of desperate and power monger leaders,” he said while addressing the thanksgiving service of 2 years completion of DAN government under the Chief Minister-ship of TR Zeliang here at the State Banquet Hall.
“We were all aware and seen that some people were continuously playing ‘dog in a manger policy’ for mere greed of power. As a result, Nagaland had become a land of rumors and false propaganda with full of confusions for some people,” he said. Dr. Liezietsu added that serving ultimatums to the government even on small issues which could be solved easily through dialogue, are sometimes suspected to be the off spring of those forces. He however claimed that the DAN government “remains strong and stable.”
Dr. Liezietsu, who is also President of NPF, termed the coming together of all 60 NLA legislators as one of the achievements during the last two years of DAN. “This was done for political reasons to fulfill the aspiration of the Naga people who want peace desperately,” he said.
Naga political issue top priority: CM
Nagaland Chief Minister, TR Zeliang meanwhile assured that facilitating the ongoing dialogue for peaceful resolution to the Naga political issue remains the top priority for his government.
“This is the main motivating factor that has united all the 60 legislators to form an opposition-less government, as well as the Nagaland Legislator’s Forum on Naga political issue, by sinking all our differences of the past,” Zeliang said.
He reminded that the Parliamentary Working Committee of that Forum had met several national leaders in Delhi to brief them about the Naga issue. “We have also met various Naga political groups for exchange of views and ideas on how to achieve Naga unity, and work together for the common Naga cause,” he said.
The CM claimed that the Framework Agreement signed between the NSCN (IM) and the Government of India “can be said to be the indirect outcome of all these joint efforts…” “…the spirit of unity and oneness exhibited by the House across party lines which I believe had given him the courage to go ahead with signing of the Framework Agreement with the NSCN (IM),” the CM said. Zeliang further appreciated the Naga Hoho, ENPO, NMA, Nagaland GB Federation, NSF, ENSF and various religious organizations for reasoning and moving together with one vision for early solution to the Naga political issue.
The CM then informed that his government has envisaged bringing out a ‘Vision Document’ for Nagaland. The document, he stated among the others, is to achieve self-sufficiency in food grains & vegetables, horticulture, meat, eggs, milk etc. Other priorities will be to exploit mineral resources, to achieve vast improvements in the roads, power, water supply, health care and education.
“We will do our best to reduce unemployment amongst the youth through industrialization by bringing private investments in the state, and through skill development and vocationalization of secondary education etc,” he further said.
