DIMAPUR, JUNE 2 (MExN): The Nagaland State Unit of the BJP today issued a clarification regarding the suspension of three of its members “with a view to rectify any misconceptions on the party’s issues and procedures that may have been caused.”
Responding to an earlier statement by the three suspended members, the BJP stated that the party’s seniority is determined by the years and contribution to the party’s development, growth and expansion and not by any achievements or age outside the party.
A press note from the party’s General Secretary (Media) further claimed that the suspension of the three party members was according to the party’s constitutional provision “under Rules Articles XXV: Disciplinary Action clause 3 wherein, it states that the State President may suspend an undisciplined member and issue a show cause notice within a week. Disciplinary actions could be initiated under ‘Rules Breach of Discipline’ for carrying propaganda against any party unit or its office bearers.”
Regarding the appointment of the unit’s Advisor by the centre, the party stated that IK Sema was “appointed by the State President following a State Office Bearers meeting and he was bound to serve at the pleasure of the State President.” All the party officials in the State unit are appointed by the State President except that of the State President and the General Secretary (Organisation), it informed.
Meanwhile, the BJP Nagaland also claimed that “as far as office records are concerned, the BJP State Office had not suspended 9 office bearers but had only issued show cause notices or relieved them from their official assignments and reallocated them other responsibilities.”
