Dimapur, August 24 (MExN): The Nagaland Pradesh Congress Committee (NPCC) has slammed the BJP government for allegedly using the last remains of former PM Vajpayee for “petty political gains” and the State BJP for “observing rituals that are alien to our way of life.”
A release issued by NPCC Media Cell stated that although the last rites are performed by the family members for peace of the departed soul, PM Modi and the BJP “usurped” the last remains of former PM Vajpayee for “petty political gains.”
The NPCC accused the BJP of consigning the former PM into political oblivion after 2004 election defeat and rendering his political thoughts and actions irrelevant through divisive agenda and hate politics. “The BJP’s sudden affection for the former PM after his demise is just a ploy to extract some cheap political mileage,” the party stated.
It further termed that the activities of BJP Nagaland and their eagerness to please their “communal masters” by “following and observing rituals that are alien to our way of life” as an “insult to all right thinking Nagas.”
“While Nagas have been struggling for the past seven decades to protect our unique history, the all out attempt by state BJP to assimilate themselves into a new alien culture as dictated by their high command is a severe assault on the aspirations of the Nagas and their future,” it maintained.
“Respecting others belief and culture should not be at the cost of compromising our very own belief and culture that forms the core foundation of our existence as individual and as tribe,” the party furthered added.
