DIMAPUR, APRIL 16 (MExN): The Nagaland Pradesh Congress Committee (NPCC) has criticised the ‘gag order’ issued by the Nagaland Government on its employees from airing their views as “another regressive step to cover up miserable failures of the government.”
“The act of highlighting inadequacies in PPEs, critical medical equipments, poor working conditions and receiving backlash from insensitive society (not all) out of ignorance does not amount to violating good order and discipline. At times like these, the government should be quick enough to address concerns raised and not shoot the messenger,” a press release from the NPCC Communication Department stated.
It meanwhile appealed to the people of Nagaland to stay calm and “avoid getting into vigilante mode as this will spell disaster for entire population.”
The Congress condemned the recent reports of doctors, nurses and staff of a hospital in Dimapur being ostracized by their landlords, neighbours and colony councils. “We condemn this irresponsible behaviour being shown to health care workers by some ill informed sections of the society,” it added.
The party also urged the people to take care of stranded people from other states who are suffering. “Our own children who are outside the state as students and workers are being taken care of in mainland cities by those people who have been showing exemplary sacrifice and service when we put out a request to them,” it reminded.
The “failure of theState Government,” the NPCCsaid, is “an opportunity for all citizens to rethink on how and where things have gone wrong.”
“It also presents an opportunity to rise above narrow thinking that dominates every tribal society and herald the dawn of a new era by jointly putting efforts to sustain our people in the face of threats from pandemic, hunger and job losses,” it added.
