Dimapur, Sept 10 (MExN): Nagaland BJP’s Organizational General Secretary O Mozamo Ngullie while iterating his decision to resign from the party as irreversible and final has also called for replacing Health Minister Dr TM Lotha as “a bit of damage control exercise” since the latter has shown disrespect and ungratefulness to the party leadership. Nagaland BJP had earlier rejected the resignation letter of its General Secretary on grounds that he being one of its senior-most members, the party felt the need for him. The party took this decision at its meeting held August 28 at BJP president MC Konyak’s residence.
“The party’s rejection of my resignation and sincere request to reconsider my decision are positive steps towards safeguarding the party. This also exhibits the true spirit and dedicated services of the party leadership. However with sincere apology, my decision taken on 16 August cannot be reversed and it is final” said a statement from Ngullie, while expressing gratitude to the state leaders for their confidence in him.
Mozamo, however, maintained he did not expect any “post-resignation farewell comments similar to the tunes echoed by writers of BJP doom and Dr TM Lotha” after his “exit”. “As I am nobody in the BJP any longer, it was unnecessary to hurl baseless allegations against me. The statement of Dr TM Lotha, the Deputy leaders of the BJP legislative party and Minister Health & Family Welfare (August23, 2006) and the news item captioned ‘Nagaland BJP doomed’ ( September 2/3, 2006) written by so-called BJP workers are strikingly similar in nature having the common characteristics. Unfortunately such radicals are presently corroding the BJP which will definitely have its chain of chemical-like reactions to have its own effects in due course of time” asserted Ngullie in his reaction.
According to him the statement made by Dr TM Lotha is true “in a way as I made a silent and solo exit from the BJP to avoid damages to the party”. The BJP like other political parties has proper set up of its functionaries with specified roles within specified jurisdictions he explained adding that responsibility within the assembly is different to organizational responsibility. “The statement made by the deputy leader even without knowing the reason of my resignation speaks volumes of his lacking in the BJP organization. He has shown his disrespect and ungratefulness towards the party and its leaderships whereas no individual is above the party” Ngullie stated in his reaction to the Health Minister’s comments. Ngullie suggested that “it is high time the party undertake “a bit of damage-control” by replacing Dr TM Lotha.
“I had only expressed my satisfaction that for the first time, seven BJP MLAs were elected during my presidentship. I never claimed that I got them elected but as the president, I led the state leaders and workers during the elections. I was appointed only 25 days before polling not three months as claimed to face the electoral battles against many odds. We achieved to make history for BJP and this history may repeat or not but it cannot be erased” Ngullie asserted.
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