DIMAPUR, MARCH 4 (MExN): The Joint Coordination Committee (JCC) today stated that former Chief Minister, TR Zelaing’s “utter lack of remorse as shown in refuting moral ownership on the whole unfortunate incident and portraying himself rather as victim of majoritarian politics is intolerable and shows his sheer disregard and insensitivity for the two departed youths, who lost their lives because of his flip flop decisions and treachery.”
A press note from the JCC termed it “unbecoming of true statesmanship and leadership to divert and politicize the whole disastrous episode to minority politics v/s majority politics and try absolving himself of any responsibility for the carnage and loss of lives.”
Condemning the former CM and his supporters for playing the “minority card,” it termed this as “nothing but a foul and insincere attempt to blemish the Naga people’s movement to protect Article 371 (A) and shift the blame to the people of Nagaland.”
The JCC meanwhile stood by the decision of the Diphupar Village Council decision “i.e. that under no circumstance JCC would allow the Chief Minister post to be given back to T.R. Zeliang as it would be a sacrilege to the Naga people as a whole.”
It added that unless a Joint Inquiry Commission (JIC) is setup to make an impartial investigation and bring this matter to a logical conclusion, JCC will “continue its fight.”
Meanwhile, in addition to the resolutions adopted at the March 3 NTAC and JCC meeting, the JCC informed that the immediate suspension of the DC Longleng and the police personnel involved in the firing in Longleng within 7(seven) days, is also one of the demands.
