Dimapur, August 20 (MExN): The Nagaland Pradesh Congress Committee on Saturday said that seven years have passed since the Prime Minister of India announced that the Naga political issue was resolved, and “It is now the responsibility of the PM to answer to the people and not the responsibility of others.”
Demanding honesty from the Prime Minister, the NPCC stated that the people have been taking the statements of the Prime Minister and the Chief Minister of Nagaland in all seriousness expecting deliverance every time. In the most positive approach to their assurances of a solution they have facilitated, Congress has also placed on record its support to the two official Agreements, it stated in a press release.
According to the NPCC, the people have been brainwashed ‘time and again’ with the BJP’s ‘election for solution’ slogan promising early settlement. “This time too, the same sound is echoing after they abandoned the July 16, 2022 Parliamentary Committee resolution and announced the seat sharing deal on July 26, 2022,” it said.
“How many more lies are they going be accomplice to? They all are a part of the central government’s ruling party and without their recommendation; the Election Commission will never advance election,” it stated.
Meanwhile, it said that the state continues to reel under misgovernance and corruption, highlighting the road conditions, erratic power supply and late payment of state government employees’ salaries.
Stating that the youths are suffering without jobs, it added: “Self employment cannot sustain due to extortion... The syndicates supported by unscrupulous elements have control over business activities thereby stifling the sincere Naga youth struggling to establish themselves in business. Everything in Dimapur has syndicates who suck the blood of innocent Nagas.”
The NPCC went on to claim that the “people know how the Congress MLAs were lured and made to join NPF in the previous Assembly." It also accused the NDPP and BJP of buying votes during the election and looting the State exchequer without any development activities.
Among others, it also said that the BJP and NDPP are “trying to defend crimes and corruption perpetrated against the people by raking up a non issue which the CM himself has clarified by giving a Clean Chit.” Without going into details, the release stated, “If there is any misconduct in the mentioned 365 Cr, provide evidence or apologize else face defamation case.”
It further stated that it was “disturbing and alarming” that the BJP Nagaland and UDA government have not condemned the draft constitution of ‘Hindu Rashtra’ which declares India as a Hindu nation under which Christians and Muslims will have no voting rights. “They have also failed to condemn the release of convicted rapists just a few days ago. They have already become catalysts in the dilution of Nagas’ ethnic values, identity, and faith,” it stated.
Further, the NPCC stated that the UDA would do well to stand up to the occasion and defend the interests of the people they represent, instead of pointing fingers.
