Kohima, August 14 (MExN): The Central Office Bearers of NPF Central Headquarters in its meeting on August 14 at the party office here concluded that “the Governor of Nagaland, instead of applying his mind to summon the Assembly giving reasonable time for the then Chief Minister Dr Shürhozelie Liezietsu to call for a vote of confidence, was in a tearing hurry to dislodge the Dr Shürhozelie Government so as to enable the new dispensation to merge with the BJP.”
As custodian of the Constitution of India in the State, the Governor should have rectified the anomaly in the Assembly when the Speaker “mysteriously” accepted the expelled NPF member TR Zeliang as the official whip of the NPF notwithstanding the fact that Kiyanilie Peseyie continues to be the official Chief Whip of the party, stated the resolution of the meeting released to the media.
“Non-action on the part of the Governor on this very count has made him equally responsible for the desecration of the Tenth Schedule of the Constitution of India which clearly mentions that it is the political party which appoints the Chief Whip and by no other entity,” it said. Therefore, the Central Office Bearers condemned the “partisan role” played by the Governor and demanded that he be immediately recalled by the Government of India to ensure the integrity of the Constitution of India is maintained.
Meanwhile, the Central Office Bearers accused that the NLA Speaker has demeaned, misused and abused the office of the Speaker by accepting both the whip issued by Kiyanilie Peseyie and TR Zeliang. “By opting to accept two whips from the same political party, the Speaker has defiled the very aim behind the Tenth Schedule of the Constitution of India which envisages to give power/ authority to the political parties to rein in the legislators to adhere to the principles of the political party they belong to.”
They condemned the “arbitrary and biased action” of the Speaker and demanded that he step down immediately so as to maintain the traditionally-accepted parliamentary democratic norm of keeping the office of the Speaker above political considerations.
It further maintained that nowhere in the NPF Constitution is it mentioned about the post or position of any Interim or Ad Hoc or Work Charged President. In this connection, the Central Office Bearers appealed to party men and women not to be swayed away by “false, illogical, illegal and mischievous announcements made by vested interests determined to break up the unity, integrity and cohesion of the NPF party.”
The resolution was appended by Resolution Committee comprising of Sebastian Zumvu, Convenor; Phushika V Aomi, Member; Lepshi Ao, Member.
