Kohima, July 3 (MExN): As the paper war between the Naga People’s Front (NPF) and Nagaland Pradesh Congress Committee (NPCC) continues, the former today termed the latter’s recent statements “hilarious.”
In a sarcastic retort, the NPF central office Media & Press Bureau stated NPCC’s claim that its president K Therie single-handedly revived the “dying” cock party and propelled it to power in 2003 “deserves a standing ovation because of its utter ridiculousness.”
“Moreover, if statements of historical, political facts are considered by the NPCC as ‘tirades’ against a leader and ‘a payback of ungratefulness’, the NPF can only submit that it would rather be brutally frank with the truth than be with lies and flattery,” the NPF stated in a press release.
Taking strong exception to the NPCC’s claim, the release further alleged that while being in the NPF party, Therie “started to hob-nob with Congress leaders clearly showing his political principles and unwavering commitment to the party he belongs to.”
With regard to the appointment of Khriehu Liezietsu as Advisor, which the NPCC questioned and termed NPF’s justification “hollow”, NPF maintained that “So far, there has not been any instance of smooth transition of power within the NPCC.”
NPCC has found “it hollow” because it is a political party whose presidential candidates resort to vandalism, arson and other tactics, it added.
As for vacating one’s constituency for another, NPF said sacrifice is not new for the party. It cited that in 1990, sitting MLA KG Kenye vacated his Chizami constituency to enable Vamuzo to contest and fulfill constitutional obligations. “For the NPF rank and file, the interests of the party come first unlike the NPCC whose tradition seems to be the contrary,” it stated.
Regarding the usage of the word “un-mandated” by the NPCC, the release said “it is threatening to cause mass nausea because former Congress Prime Ministers Narasimha Rao and Dr Manmohan Singh were never considered as un-mandated when they were sworn in to office without them being members of either House of the Parliament.”
Accusing the Congress of suffering from “selective amnesia,” the NPF said it was expected of the party which over the decades “had been taking the people of the country for a ride forcing itself to believe that the people were enjoying the ride.”
