DIMAPUR, APRIL 1 (MExN): Alleging that minorities are being persecuted all over the nation under the aegis of the BJP, Nagaland Pradesh Congress Committee (NPCC) on Friday criticized the NPF leaders for campaigning for the same political party in Assam.
On Thursday, NPF leaders led by Chief Minister TR Zeliang, Home Minister K Patton and others had campaigned for a BJP candidate at an election rally held at Bokajan, Karbi Anglong where Union Minister for Human Resource Development, Smriti Irani attended.
Expressing distaste that the NPF leaders were all out with the BJP, the NPCC president K Therie in a press statement said the Assam election pictures will be another set of evidences in the context before the world.
Therie recalled how about a decade ago when LK Advani was asked by a foreign journalist that under his government Christians are persecuted and forced reconversions carried out, Advani replied it was not true and that in a Christian State like Nagaland, the government had a BJP Home Minister thereby defending themselves before the world.
“Yes, UPA had the Look East policy and the state received enough funds. NDA has the Act East policy and the state is bankrupt. We are all for amicable settlement to the boundary issue and it all depends on the initiatives form both sides. What is important now is to stop from persecuting Christians, Minorities and Dalits,” he pointed out.
