Dimapur, October 15 (MExN): The Nagaland Pradesh Congress Committee today asserted that the Congress was emissary of the state.
A press statement issued by NPCC Media Cell today stated that “the state of Nagaland was gifted by the then Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru who went out of the way to pass the Nagaland Statehood Bill despite opposition and dissenting voices in Parliament. “
Stating that the state owe our Statehood, Article 371A and all of what we have today to the Congress party, it said that “Congress alone has the moral right to speak about the history of Nagaland state.”
“Moreover, the current peace process is a culmination of Congress commitment to the people of Nagaland when former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi announced in Dimapur election rally in May 1991, offering talks with Naga Political Groups without any pre conditions. This commitment was fulfilled by the then Prime Minister Narashima Rao who sent out various political emissaries in contacting leaders of Naga Political Groups that finally resulted in ceasefire being signed in July 1997 and beginning of peace talks that is continuing till today,” the Congress asserted.
Alleging that the role of the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) in Naga Political Peace process is only limited to words and assurances, it pointed that “During 2014 Lok Sabha elections, BJP and its PM candidate assured Naga political solution within 18 months of coming to power.”
“The much acclaimed Naga Accord/Naga Framework Agreement signed on August 3, 2015 which Prime Minister Modi claimed to have solved the decades old Naga Problem forever and that too on foreign soil (Dubai), is yet to see the light of the day,” the party alleged.
The party therefore, reminded “BJP Nagaland that ‘words and assurances’ are not achievements.”
The release further affirmed that “Congress will not be deterred in voicing out issues of public importance. “
