DIMAPUR, FEBRUARY 28 (MExN): The Nagaland Pradesh Congress Committee (NPCC) today claimed that the Naga People’s Front (NPF) is “wasting people’s time and money in Manipur.”
A press note from the NPCC President, K Therie stated that the 15 NPF candidates in the state “have no future either for their supporters or for their voters.” “They know they can never form the Government alone in Manipur.
People are also aware that the BJP has denied alliance with NPF in Manipur while NPF is senselessly talking against the Congress. This puts the Nagas of Manipur nowhere in the political arena,” he said.
The NPCC President further alleged that the NPF’s politics has “strangled the economy of Manipur.” “People have no openings an youth opportunities are strangled. Youth exodus is our major concern. Thousands of NE youths have migrated to mainland cities in search of jobs. We are proud of the few who have brought laurels but we are saddened and shamed with multiple stories. We must think together to open ways for our youth and siblings. We have beautiful countrysides and have been bestowed with abundant resources. We can convert them into opportunities of employment for all and also develop to be part of the most loving and hospitable places in the world with abundant organic food,” Therie said.
Calling for “progressive development,” Therie cautioned against “poisoning the minds of people,” and stated that “positive thinking is the way to progress. Peace and progress are always the objective of good politicians.”
Further terming the economic blockade as “bad thinking,” the NPCC President noted that protests are a democratic process but “starving people through economic blockade does not go well with humankind, which includes infants, the sick and the old aged.”
“People of the world would be wondering for the wrong reason and behaviour of Nagas. We are expected to do what is morally right to all manners of people in the spirit of our religion,” he added.
He further stated that “there is no point in electing members to be in the opposition both in the state and at Delhi.” The NPCC President expressed confidence that the state elections in five states would be a “trend setter to the 2019 Parliamentary Election.” Congress, he said “will come back” and backed Rahul Gandhi to be the next Prime Minister.
He further claimed that Gandhi would, “without fear or prejudice, solve the political problem as his ancestors have solved most of the NE problems.”
