Stands by the statements made by its legislators
Dimapur, December 1(MExN): Stating that the Ministerial in charge of the various Divisions (Districts) were “voicing and sharing the views, opinions and position at the grass root with special reference to their respective jurisdictions/areas,” NPF today said that it stood by the statement made by its legislators during its Central Executive Council (CEC) on November 29.
“The meeting also felt that the Governor should be little diplomatic while echoing his views as he is the head of the state,” the Naga Peoples’ Front (NPF) said in a statement issued by its Media & Press Bureau.
Another senior NPF Minister observance that State Governors should function according to the Parliamentary system and suggestion that the Governor’s visits “needs to be informed in advance” was only to enable proper arrangement as would help lessen a lot of “avoidable hardships, confusion and misunderstandings” considering the fact that Governor is head of the state, it added.
The NPF statement was a rejoinder to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Nagaland press statement taking offence to the comments made by NPF legislators during the CEC criticizing the Nagaland Governor on his stand on corruption and the jibe made against the BJP legislators.
The Party Constitution provides for the party’s highest platform known as the NPF ‘Central Executive Council’ (CEC) and it’s a normal “practice that all matters, and any problem vis-à-vis the party’s affairs and policies are discussed, deliberated or debated,” the NPF said.
“During the course of the proceedings of the meeting, certain instances unpleasant for NPF and BJP of the DAN alliance also crept up following the State Governor BP Acharya’s statement in the media criticizing the state Government as corrupt,” it added.
Under the given situation, the discussion focused on the fact that, being Governor of a state means that the state Government is the Governor’s own Government, and whether it would be wise for the Governor to address the Assembly as – ‘My corrupt Government’.” Further supporting the statement made by some senior NPF Minister at the meeting, the Party said that some of the points raised by the legislators, no doubt, were reported out of context in the local dailies.
While voicing out their concerns, on various issues, they touched on the activities of the Governor because of the prevailing total communication cap between Raj Bhawan and the legislators, it justified. Considering the need to maintain cordial relation with Raj Bhawan as imperative, a senior NPF Minister reminded all concerned members to inculcate the responsibility to call on the Governor as often as possible, rather than keeping away and blaming others, it added. “The meeting felt that the integrity of Raj Bhawan should be upheld and no political party including BJP should misuse the Raj Bhawan,” it said.
The NPF further expressed surprised that Nagaland BJP, a close and old ally of NPF and sharing power in the NPF led DAN Government for years, was lately engaging itself in baseless “blame game and sheer falsehood” to indict its major partner NPF as corrupt or giving the state BJP a step motherly treatment. Both achievements and failures should be jointly owned by all the DAN partners, NPF asserted adding that “BJP seems to be acting holier than thou.”
The BJP Nagaland should not feel agitated because it was BJP themselves who raked up the differences of opinion within the alliance, NPF further pointed out. Reminding the BJP that it won just one seat in the last election, the NPF noted that the BJP Nagaland unit might have suddenly become “arrogant” due to BJP led National Democratic Alliance Government at the Centre.
Meanwhile, the NPF maintained that the confusion over the status of the Nagaland State Unit BJP President as Vice Chairman of DAN, as pointed State BJP Spokesman should be “sorted out or ascertained at the right forum.”
