Dimapur, November 29 (MExN): Former Chief Minister and present Goa Governor SC Jamir has spoken out publicly for the first time on his possibility of returning to State politics ahead of the State Assembly Elections due in February 2008. While there has been much media speculation on his possible return to Nagaland, Jamir today told a press conference at Goa Raj Bhawan that he was prepared to go back to State politics if his services were required to maintain law and order and protect the sanctity of the Indian constitution.
“I am not afraid of militants and I am prepared to go back to state politics if my services can be used to maintain law and order, and protect the sanctity of the Indian Constitution,” he replied to a question if he is still willing to go back to Nagaland politics after the recent attack on him.
Asked why the militants hate him so much, Jamir replied that his ideologies and principles were diametrically opposite to that of the militants and that since they have thoroughly subverted the State administration, and knowing fully well that if at all he goes back to State politics he would ensure rule of law and maintenance of law and order, he said “perhaps they do not want to disturb the present arrangement.”
However, being asked when he is going back to Nagaland, Jamir said, “My duty is here in Goa, not there in Nagaland.”
Replying to another query if the Central Government is maintaining complete silence on the ambush because it fears it would derail the ongoing peace talks with the militant organizations, Jamir curtly replied, “Criminality has nothing to do with the peace talks. “It was not an attack on SC Jamir, it was an attack on the Constitutional head of a State,” he said.
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