Kohima, January 21 (MExN): NPF today responded to the statement of Nagaland Pradesh Congress Committee (NPCC) with regard to the urban local bodies’ elections.
A press release from NPF Media & Press Bureau maintained that the Government took the decision to hold the said elections after having made every possible efforts to erase any doubt, whatsoever, confronting the citizens, making it amply clear that the decision to hold the ULB elections is all for the betterment of the people and the state.
“Surprisingly, NPCC appears to have been left with no agenda of value to present to the people of Nagaland, other than to beat around in frustration, targeting the NPF led DAN Government, accusing the NPF and BJP in particular for their effort to participate or contest the ULB elections is amusing,” it stated.
The party further said that the statements of NPCC leaders, KL Chishi, former Chief Minister and Convener, Selection Committee for ULB election Dimapur Unit (last Tuesday) and the President NPCC, K Therie’s statement published on January 21 in the local media are conflicting and contradictory to each other. “While Chishi is quoted to have said that all four Congress candidates who filed nominations for Dimapur Municipal Council (DMC) withdrew their candidatures, to respect the will of the people, K Therie, NPCC President has on January 20, appealed to all urban voters to vote for the ‘few brave-heart Congress nominees’ and Independent candidates left in the ULB elections,” it noted
“Once again, having failed to garner any tangible support of the electorate to contest the ULB elections, the NPCC has, in its attempt to mislead the public for political gain has made a laughing stock of themselves in the eyes of the people,” NPF stated.
